From: Joshua Ballanco Date: 2011-11-03T06:19:19+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:40682] [ruby-trunk - Bug #5542] Ruby 1.9.3-p0 changed arity on default initialization method Issue #5542 has been updated by Joshua Ballanco. This was introduced in r29638: * object.c: Make BasicObject.new accept no parameter. Revert of r26135 [ruby-core:27080], as per [ruby-core:32952]. Was this change in BasicObject.new intentional? If so, is it intentional that this behavior should be different than 1.9.2? If not can we have this back-ported? ---------------------------------------- Bug #5542: Ruby 1.9.3-p0 changed arity on default initialization method http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5542 Author: Joshua Ballanco Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p0 (2011-10-30 revision 33570) [x86_64-darwin11.2.0] The following code worked under 1.9.2-p290 but breaks with an Argument Error (1 for 0) under 1.9.3-p0: class Foo; end Foo.new(nil) Furthermore, the reported arity for Object's initialize method has changed: ruby-1.9.2-p290 :001 > Object.instance_method(:initialize).arity => -1 ruby-1.9.3-p0 :001 > Object.instance_method(:initialize).arity => 0 -- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org