[ruby-core:84628] [Ruby trunk Bug#14278] Ambiguous Exception for OpenSSL::HMAC.digest

Issue #14278 has been updated by Hanmac (Hans Mackowiak).


the Error Message is common for all other stuff, check for example File.read(nil) has same error:

~~~
TypeError: no implicit conversion of nil into String
~~~


implicit conversion means that while an object might has a to_s method like nil, it doesn't has a to_str method
(difference between explicit and implicit conversion)

the moment when digest does try to convert nil into string, it doesn't know the variable name for this

---


similar error:

~~~
3 * "w"
TypeError: String can't be coerced into Integer
~~~
this one means that it failed the coerce between Numeric types

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Bug #14278: Ambiguous Exception for OpenSSL::HMAC.digest
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14278#change-69201

* Author: KINGSABRI (KING SABRI)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: ruby 2.4.2p198 (2017-09-14 revision 59899) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
* Backport: 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN
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The `OpenSSL::HMAC.digest` shows unclear and ambiguous exception when key is nil.


~~~ ruby
require 'openssl'

key = nil
OpenSSL::HMAC.digest(OpenSSL::Digest.new('sha256'), key, 'RubyRuby')
TypeError: no implicit conversion of nil into String
`digest'
~~~

**Expected Behavior**
So clear and understandable issue, such: 

~~~ text
key argument cannot be nil for OpenSSL::HMAC.digest
~~~








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