From: Ernie Miller <redmine@...>
Date: 2010-04-03T04:42:51+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:29230] [Bug #3083] Regression in 1.9.2 splat handling?

Bug #3083: Regression in 1.9.2 splat handling?
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3083

Author: Ernie Miller
Status: Open, Priority: Normal
Category: core
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2dev (2010-04-02 trunk 27190) [x86_64-darwin10.3.0]

It appears as though the handling of splats has reverted back to the 1.8.7 way of doing things sometime between 1.9.1 and now. Was this documented somewhere, or is it a bug? In 1.9.1...

Neo:meta_search emiller$ ruby -v
ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-darwin10.2.0]
Neo:meta_search emiller$ irb
ruby-1.9.1-p378 > a = [1,2,3]
=> [1, 2, 3] 
ruby-1.9.1-p378 > puts *a, "and some more"
1
2
3
and some more
=> nil 
ruby-1.9.1-p378 > 

In 1.9.2-head...

Neo:meta_search emiller$ ruby -v
ruby 1.9.2dev (2010-04-02 trunk 27190) [x86_64-darwin10.3.0]
Neo:meta_search emiller$ irb
>> a = [1,2,3]
=> [1, 2, 3]
>> puts *a, "and some more"
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):2: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting tAMPER
puts *a, "and some more"
          ^
	from (irb):2
>>


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