From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-08-03T03:40:20+09:00
Subject: Re: #send in 1.9

On 8/2/07, Tim Pease <tim.pease@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/2/07, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can I make a modest proposal? Can we preserve backward compatibility,
>
> Matz has been stating over the past year that 1.9 will break backwards
> compatibility with 1.8, and #send is just one of the changes.
> String#[] has changed such that requesting a single character returns
> a new String (it returns a Fixnum in 1.8). And there are others.
>
> The only way to make sure your code is going to work in 1.9 is to
> test, test, test. And when you're done testing, then do some more
> testing.
>
All you say is correct, but how much we have to change in our code
will of course depend on the amount of change.
After having read this thread I still go for backing up Tom. Please do
not change the behavior of Object#send, IMHO it is not worth it.
If it changes we will of course survive, err maybe, err I hope ;).
Robert
> Blessings,
> TwP
>
>


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