Ruby Issue Tracking System

03/01/2024

05:40 AM Ruby master Feature #20318: Pattern matching `case ... in` support for triple-dot arguments

Personally I find the double ... rather confusing. I understand the benefit of a more succint syntax - e. g. eliminat... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)

02/27/2024

10:39 PM Ruby master Feature #20309: Bundled gems for Ruby 3.5

> ruby -run is one of cool feature of Ruby. Should we avoid uninstalling un gem?
I think -run is kind of neat; it'... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)

02/26/2024

10:38 AM Ruby master Feature #20300: Hash: set value and get pre-existing value in one call

Not so sure about these names. Note that get_and_set() may have people wonder why it is not set_and_get(). :D
In reg... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)

02/18/2024

10:33 PM Ruby master Feature #20278: syntax error, unexpected local variable or method, expecting ')' (SyntaxError) - but I think it should report that a ',' is missing, or alternatively, that suggesting ')' is the most likely cause but not always (e. g. reword it a bit)

I just noticed that it actually already reported that a semicolon is missing:
"expected a newline or semicolon"
So ... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)

10:32 PM Ruby master Feature #20278 (Open): syntax error, unexpected local variable or method, expecting ')' (SyntaxError) - but I think it should report that a ',' is missing, or alternatively, that suggesting ')' is the most likely cause but not always (e. g. reword it a bit)

So this is not quite a bug, but I thought it may fit better here, as it is neither a feature, and also not quite fitt... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)

02/16/2024

05:35 AM Ruby master Feature #20266: New syntax to escape embed strings in Regexp literal

I don't have any pro or con opinion on the feature itself; in regards to ^foo versus =foo, I think users may wonder a... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)

02/12/2024

06:48 PM Ruby master Misc #20259 (Open): Proposal to add "ruby --irb" and / or "ruby --start-irb" to start irb (interactive ruby) via ruby (bin/ruby), via the commandline

This issue proposes to add:
a) a commandline flag to bin/ruby that allows the user to start irb,
and
b) allo... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)

02/09/2024

07:34 PM Ruby master Feature #20249: Introduce a backtrace-only mode for rb_bug()

byroot wrote:
> I don't remember ever been asked to provide the full report.
Probably because e. g. a full stacktra... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)

02/03/2024

08:02 PM Ruby master Feature #20235: Deprecate CHAR syntax

I think the first time - and probably the only time - I heard
about the ?a syntax:
?a # => "a"
?b # => "b"
... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)

01/24/2024

05:29 PM Ruby master Feature #20205: Enable `frozen_string_literal` by default

I think this was discussed or suggested before. Personally
I have all my .rb files with one header line being:
#... rubyFeedback (robert heiler)