From: Yui NARUSE <naruse@...>
Date: 2011-08-03T12:12:01+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:38736] [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #5153][Open] Remove rb_add_suffix


Issue #5153 has been reported by Yui NARUSE.

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Feature #5153: Remove rb_add_suffix
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5153

Author: Yui NARUSE
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: core
Target version: 1.9.4


rb_add_suffix in util.c is GPL and obsoleted code, so I want to remove it.

rb_add_suffix is drived from Perl's win32.c file and GPL/Artistic License.
The code is used when ruby runs with -i (inplace option).
Practically it works only when the renamed file can't create.
(the validation is also a function of the code, but it is not essential)

But this behavior is Windows specific.
On other environment, ruby simply skip the file with a warning "Can't rename %s to %s: %s, skipping file".
I think Windows should follow this.


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