[ruby-core:108951] [Ruby master Feature#18159] Integrate functionality of dead_end gem into Ruby

Issue #18159 has been updated by duerst (Martin D端rst).


We had a discussion today at the monthly committers' meeting, and there was general agreement to move ahead.

One point that was discussed was the name. It's a funny name, but it may not be easy to understand for beginners (compare e.g. do_you_mean), and it may sound depressing to some people (happily programming ... then suddenly a dead_end?) even though it's extremely helpful.

We agreed that if there's a name change, it should happen before/during the integration, not later. Also, the name may not actually turn up, except for users who want to switch the functionality off, and such users would be advanced users. (Not sure what the actual error messages say.)

We didn't discuss actual specific names. Looking at github, it seems that earlier, this gem's name was "syntax_search". A straightforward name may be "detect_end_mismatch" or "end_mismatch_detect". But that's maybe too long. @schneems please tell us what you think.

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Feature #18159: Integrate functionality of dead_end gem into Ruby
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18159#change-98046

* Author: duerst (Martin D端rst)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
* Target version: 3.2
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Missing 'end' errors are difficult to fix. We should integrate the functionality of the dead_end gem (https://github.com/zombocom/dead_end) into Ruby similar to how we integrated did_you_mean. It would greatly help programming Ruby, in particular for beginners.

See also Ruby Kaigi Takeout 2021 talk by Richard Schneeman https://rubykaigi.org/2021-takeout/presentations/schneems.html.



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