[ ruby-Bugs-6444 ] Set#^ (xor) is broken - patch included

Bugs item #6444, was opened at 2006-11-01 14:24
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Category: Standard Library
Group: 1.8.x
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Daniel Berger (djberg96)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: Set#^ (xor) is broken - patch included

Initial Comment:
The current Set#^ method is broken:

irb(main):002:0> Set[1,2,3] ^ Set[3,4,5,5]
=> #<Set: {5, 1, 2, 4}>

irb(main):003:0> Set[1,2,3] ^ [3,4,5,5]
=> #<Set: {1, 2, 4}>

Subsequent duplicate values in the argument will cause it to toggle due to the current implementation.  See ruby-talk:223176 and following.

There are several ways this could be patched - I chose the path of least effort.  In addition, I included a small test to verify that the patch works properly.  All tests pass.

--- set.orig    Wed Nov  1 14:07:22 2006
+++ set.rb      Wed Nov  1 14:09:22 2006
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@
   # ((set | enum) - (set & enum)).
   def ^(enum)
     enum.is_a?(Enumerable) or raise ArgumentError, "value must be enumerable"
+    enum = Set.new(enum) unless enum.is_a?(Set)
     n = dup
     enum.each { |o| if n.include?(o) then n.delete(o) else n.add(o) end }
     n
@@ -1049,6 +1050,13 @@
     assert_equal(Set[2,4], ret)
   end
 
+  def test_xor
+    set = Set[1,2,3,4]
+    ret = set ^ [2,4,5,5]
+    assert_not_same(set, ret)
+    assert_equal(Set[1,3,5], ret)
+  end
+
   def test_eq
     set1 = Set[2,3,1]
     set2 = Set[1,2,3]

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