Bug #7062: Rdoc for String#=~

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: zzak (zzak _)
• Target version: 2.0.0
• ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [i686-linux]

[stomar (Marcus Stollsteimer)]

=begin
This patch clarifies the different behaviour for str =~ regexp and regexp =~ str regarding captured strings and assigning to local variables. (See also issue #7042.)

Added text:

Note: str =~ regexp is not the same as
regexp =~ str. Strings captured from named capture groups
are not assigned to local variables in the first case.
=end

[zzak (zzak _)]

• Assignee changed from drbrain (Eric Hodel) to zzak (zzak _)

Thank you stomar, I've discussed this with Eric and will be happy to commit it.

[zzak (zzak _)]

• Target version set to 2.0.0

[zzak (zzak _)]

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

This issue was solved with changeset r37109.
Marcus, 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_match):
  Clarify behavior for captured strings and local variable assignment
  Patch by Marcus Stollsteimer [ruby-dev:47668] [Bug #7062]