From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-06-27T23:00:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Core documentation patches

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Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: Core documentation patches"
>     on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:46:40 +0900, Alex Young <alex@blackkettle.org> writes:
> 
> |I've got a little documentation patch for 1.8.5...  Should it go here?
> 
> Yes, drbrain or myself would commit the patch.
> 
> 							matz.
Excellent.  A minor correction to the String#=~ documentation is 
attached.  It had me running round in circles for a bit.

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Alex

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Index: string.c
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--- string.c	(revision 1)
+++ string.c	(working copy)
@@ -1278,13 +1278,11 @@
  *     str =~ obj   => fixnum or nil
  *  
  *  Match---If <i>obj</i> is a <code>Regexp</code>, use it as a pattern to match
- *  against <i>str</i>. If <i>obj</i> is a <code>String</code>, look for it in
- *  <i>str</i> (similar to <code>String#index</code>). Returns the position the
- *  match starts, or <code>nil</code> if there is no match. Otherwise, invokes
+ *  against <i>str</i>,and returns the position the match starts, or 
+ *  <code>nil</code> if there is no match. Otherwise, invokes
  *  <i>obj.=~</i>, passing <i>str</i> as an argument. The default
  *  <code>=~</code> in <code>Object</code> returns <code>false</code>.
  *     
- *     "cat o' 9 tails" =~ '\d'   #=> nil
  *     "cat o' 9 tails" =~ /\d/   #=> 7
  *     "cat o' 9 tails" =~ 9      #=> false
  */

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