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Bug #555

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method_missing in Gem module removes some necessary methods

Added by matsuda (Akira Matsuda) over 15 years ago. Updated almost 13 years ago.

Status:
Closed
ruby -v:
Backport:
[ruby-core:18527]

Description

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I found something strange in Ruby 1.9 bundled Rubygems(gem_prelude.rb).

(1) there's a method named default_dir in Gem module, which returns a certain directory name
Gem.default_dir
#=> "/Users/matsuda/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.0"

(2) call a missing method on Gem module to make a method_missing call
Gem.foo
NoMethodError: undefined method foo' for Gem:Module from gem_prelude.rb:192:in method_missing'
from (irb):12
from /Users/matsuda/ruby/bin/irb19:12:in `'

(3) method_missing undefs Gem::GEM_PRELUDE_METHODS.each methods inside Gem.method_missing -> QuickLoader.load_full_rubygems_library

(4) Gem.default_dir still alives
Gem.default_dir
#=> "/Users/matsuda/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.0"

(5) invoke method_missing again
Gem.foo
/Users/matsuda/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:82: warning: already initialized constant MUTEX
/Users/matsuda/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:84: warning: already initialized constant RubyGemsPackageVersion
/Users/matsuda/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:89: warning: already initialized constant WIN_PATTERNS
/Users/matsuda/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:742: warning: already initialized constant MARSHAL_SPEC_DIR
/Users/matsuda/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:744: warning: already initialized constant YAML_SPEC_DIR
NoMethodError: undefined method foo' for Gem:Module from gem_prelude.rb:192:in method_missing'
from (irb):14
from /Users/matsuda/ruby/bin/irb19:12:in `'

(6) Gem.default_dir disappears!
Gem.default_dir
NameError: undefined method default_dir' for Gem'
from gem_prelude.rb:78:in undef_method' from gem_prelude.rb:78:in block in singletonclass'
from gem_prelude.rb:77:in each' from gem_prelude.rb:77:in singletonclass'
from gem_prelude.rb:76:in load_full_rubygems_library' from gem_prelude.rb:191:in method_missing'
from (irb):15
from /Users/matsuda/ruby/bin/irb19:12:in `'

I noticed that some gems don't work well on Ruby 1.9 because of this behavior.

Ruby version: revision 19146
gem -v: 1.2.0.1824
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