[ruby-core:82961] [Ruby trunk Bug#13937] ARGV doesn't behave like an array

Issue #13937 has been reported by lucascaton (Lucas Caton).

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Bug #13937: ARGV doesn't behave like an array
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13937

* Author: lucascaton (Lucas Caton)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: ruby 2.4.2p198 (2017-09-14 revision 59899) [x86_64-darwin16]
* Backport: 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN
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Ruby allows us to access an array item by passing its index, regardless if there is or not a space between the array and the [] with the index.
Ie.: both of the following lines work:

~~~ ruby
[][0] # nil
[] [0] # nil
~~~

**ARGV** is an array as well. However, it doesn't work when we add a space to access some index:

~~~ ruby
ARGV # []
ARGV.class # Array
ARGV == [] # true
ARGV[0] # nil
ARGV [0] # NoMethodError: undefined method `ARGV' for main:Object
~~~

The last line should've returned **nil**.

Ps.: Same happens when you call a file with arguments by running **$ ruby file.rb foo bar**.
**ARGV [0]** will also raise an exception.



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