From: "mame (Yusuke Endoh)" <mame@...>
Date: 2012-03-27T02:46:19+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:43708] [ruby-trunk - Feature #5219][Assigned] Array#pack should warn (or raise) if an invalid pack string is given


Issue #5219 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh).

Status changed from Open to Assigned
Assignee set to drbrain (Eric Hodel)

drbrain,

> Ruby should at least warn like printf when -w is active:

Agreed.  Could you offer a patch?
I think you can commit it, unless there is objection.

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Yusuke Endoh <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
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Feature #5219: Array#pack should warn (or raise) if an invalid pack string is given
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5219#change-25209

Author: drbrain (Eric Hodel)
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: drbrain (Eric Hodel)
Category: core
Target version: 2.0.0


If garbage characters are inserted into the pack string ruby ignores them:

$ ruby19 -e 'p [1, 2, 3].pack("*N")'
"\x00\x00\x00\x01"

$ ruby19 -e 'p [1, 2, 3].pack("yN")'
"\x00\x00\x00\x01"

Ruby should at least warn like printf when -w is active:

$ ruby19 -we 'printf "%d %d", 1, 2, 3'
-e:1: warning: too many arguments for format string

A future version could raise an exception.

See also: https://github.com/rubinius/rubinius/issues/1127


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