From: Joseph Jones <joeyi5216@...>
Date: 2015-12-17T21:12:58-07:00
Subject: [ruby-core:72326] [Ruby trunk - Bug #11648] Undocumented features of String#oct

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Joseph Jones liked your message with Boxer. On December 14, 2015 at 05:43=
:34 MST, yugui=40yugui.jp wrote:Issue =2311648 has been updated by Yuki S=
onoda.Assignee set to Yukihiro MatsumotoIt is surprising for me too. But =
this behavior was introduced in r373 by intention.I hope Matz remembers t=
he original intention.I guess Ruby followed the behavior of Perl and it w=
as useful to handle string representation of file permissions=3F---------=
-------------------------------Bug =2311648: Undocumented features of Str=
ing=23octhttps://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11648=23change-55532* Author: =
Mike Pastore* Status: Open* Priority: Normal* Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumot=
o* ruby -v: ruby 2.2.3p173 (2015-08-18 revision 51636) =5Bx86=5F64-linux=5D=
* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN-------------------=
---------------------String=23oct will adjust the base of the stringy num=
ber being converted to 2 (if prefixed with 0B), 8 (also the default, if p=
refixed with 0O), 10 (if prefixed with 0D), or 16 (if prefixed with 0X). =
Much to my surprise this behavior is not documented at ruby-doc.org =5B1=5D=
. Is this the intended behavior and if so should the documentation be upd=
ated=3F If it is not the intended behavior, perhaps String=23oct should r=
aise an exception if someone tries to use this undocumented feature=3F 1.=
 http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.3/String.html=23method-i-oct-- https://bugs=
.ruby-lang.org/     
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<html><body><div>Joseph Jones liked your message with <a href=3D=22http:/=
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On December 14, 2015 at 05:43:34 MST, yugui=40yugui.jp wrote:<br/><blockq=
uote type=3D=22cite=22 style=3D=22border-left-style:solid;border-width:1p=
x;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;=22>Issue =2311648 has been updated b=
y Yuki Sonoda.<br /><br />Assignee set to Yukihiro Matsumoto<br /><br />I=
t is surprising for me too.  But this behavior was introduced in r373 by =
intention.<br />I hope Matz remembers the original intention.<br /><br />=
I guess Ruby followed the behavior of Perl and it was useful to handle st=
ring representation of file permissions=3F<br /><br />-------------------=
---------------------<br />Bug =2311648: Undocumented features of String=23=
oct<br />https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11648=23change-55532<br /><br =
/>* Author: Mike Pastore<br />* Status: Open<br />* Priority: Normal<br /=
>* Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto<br />* ruby -v: ruby 2.2.3p173 (2015-08-1=
8 revision 51636) =5Bx86=5F64-linux=5D<br />* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2=
.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN<br />----------------------------------------<b=
r />String=23oct will adjust the base of the stringy number being convert=
ed to 2 (if prefixed with 0B), 8 (also the default, if prefixed with 0O),=
 10 (if prefixed with 0D), or 16 (if prefixed with 0X). Much to my surpri=
se this behavior is not documented at ruby-doc.org =5B1=5D. Is this the i=
ntended behavior and if so should the documentation be updated=3F If it i=
s not the intended behavior, perhaps String=23oct should raise an excepti=
on if someone tries to use this undocumented feature=3F <br /><br />1. ht=
tp://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.3/String.html=23method-i-oct<br /><br /><br />=
<br />-- <br />https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/<br /></blockquote></div></div>=
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