Bug #6719: Documentation Error for String.sub()

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: drbrain (Eric Hodel)
• Target version: 2.0.0
• ruby -v: 1.9.2

[blackwatertepes (Tyler Kuhn)]

"Returns a copy of str with the first occurrence of pattern substituted for the second argument." should be "Returns a copy of str with the first occurrence of pattern replaced by the second argument."

[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned

[oscardelben (Oscar Del Ben)]

I think this needs to be resubmitted without all the reformatting.

[drbrain (Eric Hodel)]

• Priority changed from 3 to Normal
• Target version set to 2.0.0

I don't see the change in this patch, just corruption of the indentation of string.c. Please configure your editor correctly:

https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby/wiki/DeveloperHowto#coding-style

I will make the change without using your patch based on the description.

[drbrain (Eric Hodel)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

This issue was solved with changeset r36506.
Tyler, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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• string.c (rb_str_sub): Fixed wording of documentation to match the
  replacement operation. Minor cleanup of markup. [Bug #6719]
• string.c (rb_str_sub_bang): Minor wording change for clarity, minor
  cleanup of markup.