From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2008-09-07T05:25:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby interpreter bug?

On Saturday 06 September 2008, Stefano Crocco wrote:
> 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

Sorry, I was wrong. I missed the last line when copying the text. The code 
doesn't work, but it doesn't give a core dump, but simply a SystemStackError 
exception.

Stefano