From: ts Date: 2003-06-23T00:35:12+09:00 Subject: Re: In 1.8.0 nil.to_s is not the same as "" >>>>> "Y" == Yukihiro Matsumoto writes: Y> I assumed tests should be done before releasing 1.8 when I changed ptr Y> value to be NULL for empty strings. Apparently it's not true, so that Y> I will fill "" for ptr again for 1.8.0. Probably best because actually I've (which give a segfault) ruby -e 'ENV[String.allocate]' ruby -e 'ENV.fetch(String.allocate)' ruby -e 'ENV[String.allocate] = "12"' ruby -e 'ENV.has_key?(String.allocate)' ruby -e 'ENV.index(String.allocate)' ruby -e 'ENV.indexes(String.allocate)' ruby -e 'ENV.values_at(String.allocate)' ruby -e 'a = String.allocate; Time.mktime(a,a,a,a,a,a,a)' not yet finished to verify all calls :-( Guy Decoux