[ruby-core:73627] [Ruby trunk Bug#12037]did_you_mean reporting impossible suggestion

Issue #12037 has been updated by Yuki Nishijima.


fixed in [yuki24/did_you_mean@1c52c88](https://github.com/yuki24/did_you_mean/commit/1c52c887c62b0921e799f94bcc4a846dc7cbc057). Thank you Chris for reporting this issue!

Martin, your idea sounds great to me, but I think it sounds more like a feature. Could you create a new issue so we can hear from other committers?

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Bug #12037: did_you_mean reporting impossible suggestion
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12037#change-56823

* Author: Chris Arcand
* Status: Third Party's Issue
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Yuki Nishijima
* ruby -v: 2.3.0
* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN
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The did_you_mean feature in Ruby 2.3.0 reports an impossible suggestion when you define whatever is being called in the current scope after it is being called:

~~~
irb(main):001:0> def foo
irb(main):002:1> bar
irb(main):003:1> bar = "baz"
irb(main):004:1> end
=> :foo
irb(main):005:0> foo
NameError: undefined local variable or method `bar' for main:Object
Did you mean?  bar
        from (irb):2:in `foo'
        from (irb):5
        from /Users/carcand/.rbenv/versions/2.3.0/bin/irb:11:in `<main>'
~~~

I imagine this could be *very* confusing for newcomers to Ruby; I've not looked in to how the gem works but if a way to suppress the suggestion in this particular context might be appropriate.



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