From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-07-28T22:26:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Facets error while using Time.parse



On Jul 28, 5:38 am, Daniel DeLorme <dan...@dan42.com> wrote:
> Trans wrote:
> >> [spatel@taamserver ~]$ cat x1.rb
> >> require 'facets'
> >> p Time.parse("3:40:40")
> >> p Time.parse('4:41:41')
> >> p Time.parse('5:42:42')
> >> [spatel@taamserver ~]$ ruby x1.rb
> >> Fri Jul 27 03:40:40 -0500 2007
> >> Fri Jul 27 13:24:55 -0500 2007
> >> Fri Jul 27 13:24:55 -0500 2007
>
> > Want to see the culprit? Would you believe I tracked it to this:
>
> >   class Symbol
> >     # Same functionality as before, just a touch more efficient.
>
> >     def to_s
> >       @to_s || (@to_s = id2name)
> >     end
> >   end
>
> I can't reproduce it on my system but for this kind of stuff you should
> use id2name.freeze, otherwise the value of @to_s might be modified. In
> others words, it's *not* the same functionality.

Indeed. I use to have #freeze in there, but apparently that caused
it's own set of problems (or maybe it was the same problems in a
different guise).

T.