From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-05-13T04:46:39+09:00
Subject: Re: [ ruby-Patches-1900 ] Pointless argc check in Array#select

Hi --

On Fri, 13 May 2005, Daniel Berger wrote:

> Austin Ziegler wrote:
>> On 5/12/05, ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote:
>> 
>>>>>>>> "D" == Daniel Berger <djberge@qwest.com> writes:
>>> 
>>> D> Strangely, though, I can't get this test to pass:
>>> D> assert_raises(LocalJumpError){ [].select }
>>> Why do you want that it raise an error ?
>> 
>> 
>> Daniel is adding to the test suite for Ruby to verify that things do
>> what they're supposed to do.
>> 
>> -austin
>
> Ah, here's the issue.
>
> # test.rb
> a = [1,2,3]
> a.select # LocalJumpError
>
> [].select # no error
>
> I'd call that a bug.  I guess I better get crackin' with that test suite, eh?

Just to throw in the counter-argument:

Since the block would never be executed with an empty array anyway,
why enforce its presence?


David

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