From: Yui NARUSE Date: 2011-12-31T17:55:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:41861] [ruby-trunk - Bug #5830][Rejected] "".byteslice(0) != "".byteslice(0, 0) Issue #5830 has been updated by Yui NARUSE. Status changed from Open to Rejected It's spec. It follows String#slice's behavior; it returns "" for str.slice(str.length, 0). irb(main):005:0> ["a".slice(1), "a".slice(1, 0)] => [nil, ""] ---------------------------------------- Bug #5830: "".byteslice(0) != "".byteslice(0, 0) https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5830 Author: Brian Ford Status: Rejected Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p0 (2011-10-30 revision 33570) [x86_64-darwin10.8.0] Is this a bug? See https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/069f7ec90a6ef/string.c#L4091 vs https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/069f7ec90a6ef/string.c#L4035-4036 Thanks, Brian -- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org