From: Andrew Johnson <ajohnson@...>
Date: 2006-03-30T02:33:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp gotcha

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:24:41 +0900, Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@gmail.com> wrote:

[snip] 
> However, trying string ~ another_string gives me an exception in irb:
> 
>   $ irb
>  >> "looking for bob..." =3D~ "bob"
>   TypeError: type mismatch: String given
>         from (irb):1:in `=3D~'
>         from (irb):1
> 
> Is this a documentation bug?

Yes, I submitted a patch last week via the rubyforge bug form. Basically,
String =~ String was deprecated in 1.8.0 / 1.8.1 (generated obsolete
warning), and generates a TypeError since 1.8.2. I have no idea on the
status of the patch.

andrew

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