From: sawadatsuyoshi@... Date: 2016-03-05T19:12:01+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:74168] [Ruby trunk Bug#12145] Aliashood between `size` and `length` is not consistent Issue #12145 has been reported by Tsuyoshi Sawada. ---------------------------------------- Bug #12145: Aliashood between `size` and `length` is not consistent https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12145 * Author: Tsuyoshi Sawada * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * ruby -v: * Backport: 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- When `size` and `length` have the same implementation, depending on the class, they are either independently defined methods, or the former is an alias of the latter. Particularly for `Array`: ~~~RUBY [].method(:size).original_name # => :length [].method(:length).original_name # => :length ~~~ but for `Hash`, `String`, and `Symbol`: ~~~RUBY {}.method(:size).original_name # => :size {}.method(:length).original_name # => :length "".method(:size).original_name # => :size "".method(:length).original_name # => :length :"".method(:size).original_name # => :size :"".method(:length).original_name # => :length ~~~ This might be a big issue, but since there is a standard Ruby method `original_name`, which returns different results, whether this being one way or another should matter. And I see no reason why they should behave differently. They should be unified in one way. Perhaps `Hash`, `String`, and `Symbol` should be made in the same way as with `Array`. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: