From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...>
Date: 2011-05-01T11:48:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:35962] rb_str_modify() now required before rb_str_resize()?

In 1.9.2 and earlier, rb_str_resize() always calls rb_str_modify()
internally.  Some C extensions I maintain relied on this behavior.

In trunk, rb_str_resize() no longer calls rb_str_modify() nor unshares
the string for copy-on-write if the string is already the desired size.

I believe this is inconsistent since a C extension would normally expect
to write to a string (and thus need to trigger copy-on-write) if it's
calling rb_str_resize() on it.

-- 
Eric Wong