From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2008-09-07T05:16:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby interpreter bug?

On Saturday 06 September 2008, Ryan Hinton wrote:
> I get a core dump when executing the following code.
>
> class Bob
>   ['hi', 'hello', 'howdy', 'goodbye'].each do |mname|
>     instance_eval <<-EOF
>       def #{mname}
>         puts #{mname}
>       end
>     EOF
>   end
> end
> Bob.hi
>
> I get the same behavior when using eval instead of instance_eval and
> calling "Bob.new.hi".  I know that the code isn't valid, but a core
> dump seems inappropriate (maybe a SyntaxError exception?).  And my
> Ruby interpreter is a little old.
>
> $ ruby --version
> ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-freebsd6]
>
> I'm happy to provide any further information that would be helpful.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> - Ryan

It works correctly for me (ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-linux])

Stefano