Ruby Issue Tracking System

12/13/2018

04:13 AM Ruby Feature #15408: Deprecate ObjectSpace._id2ref

> ((2**64)/1_000_000_000)/60.0/60.0/24.0/365.25
> => 584.5420460681421
>
> (Merely an aside, since I maintain object_id is fine as-is. But this
> appears to be a billion objects per second for 584 years.)

Sorry, subtract the... spatulasnout (B Kelly)

04:03 AM Ruby Feature #15408: Deprecate ObjectSpace._id2ref

On 12/12/2018 4:53 PM, headius@headius.com wrote:
> I propose that both methods should immediately be deprecated for removal in Ruby 3.0.

Agree on id2ref; *strongly* disagree on object_id.


> * They do not do what people expect.... spatulasnout (B Kelly)

06/29/2018

08:12 AM Ruby Bug #14867: Process.wait can wait for MJIT compiler process

Eric Wong wrote:
> eregontp@gmail.com wrote:
>> Would it be simpler to track a set of pids created by MJIT, ignore those in
>> waitpid() and synchronize around both creating GCC processes and when checking
>> the result of waitpid()... spatulasnout (B Kelly)

04/22/2018

10:33 PM Ruby Misc #12004: Code of Conduct

gabe@binti.com wrote:
> Issue #12004 has been updated by gkop (Gabe Kopley).
>
> matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) wrote:
>> We have set our Code of Conduct.
>>
>> https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/conduct/
>>
>> I hope it works. We may upg... spatulasnout (B Kelly)

01/21/2018

06:51 AM Ruby Feature #14378: Increase Fixnum range on Windows from 31 bits to 63 bits

a mere data point:
(cygwin-64 ruby includes the full 64-bit Fixnum)
```
>> RUBY_VERSION
=> "2.2.5"
> ...
=> "x86_64 Cygwin\n"
>> (1<<61).class
=> Fixnum
> ...
=> Bignum
``` spatulasnout (B Kelly)

12:21 AM Ruby Feature #14378: Increase Fixnum range on Windows from 31 bits to 63 bits

sxysxygm@gmail.com wrote:
>
> what I only want to say is 'why didn't use typedef?...'

In the 1980s, when the 'int' type was fluctuating between 16 bits and
32 bits, we learned to _NEVER_ trust naked C types.

This defensive tact... spatulasnout (B Kelly)

01/09/2018

06:08 PM Ruby Feature #14336: Create new method String#symbol? and deprecate Symbol class

rr.rosas@gmail.com wrote:
>
> You often say that symbols already exist in other languages and has been
> borrowed from them. Since I don't know those languages, let me ask you:
> do those languages support the equivalent of Ruby's H... spatulasnout (B Kelly)

01/08/2018

10:51 PM Ruby Feature #14277: Improve strings vs symbols ambiguity

danieldasilvaferreira@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I would say `:a.value == “a”.value # => true` But one has the
> symbol syntax as a property and the other not.

Syntax seems to have been mentioned a number of times during this
discussi... spatulasnout (B Kelly)

02/16/2017

02:21 AM Ruby Feature #7792: Make symbols and strings the same thing

Hi Daniel,
Daniel Ferreira wrote:
>
> ...
I've continued using the aforementioned RPC system without enabling
the setting that would allow it to recreate symbols on the receiving
end.
So it continues to work as it did before (i... spatulasnout (B Kelly)

08/03/2016

07:46 PM Ruby Feature #12650: Use UTF-8 encoding for ENV on Windows

Hi,
Usaku NAKAMURA wrote:
> We don't want to break compatibility.
> ...
We always invoke ruby with -EUTF-8:UTF-8 .
Would make sense to enable this patch in ruby 2.x in such situations
where UTF-8 behavior has been requested expl... spatulasnout (B Kelly)