From: wconrad@...
Date: 2002-05-25T01:46:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Starting irb according to the man page

On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 12:32:34AM +0900, Bil Kleb wrote:
> `man irb` claims I can start irb with
> 
>  % ruby -r irb -e0
> 
> but nothing happens.  Turning on warnings, I get:
> 
>  % ruby -w -r irb -e0
>  /usr/local/pkgs/ruby/lib/ruby/1.7/irb/context.rb:129: warning: method redefined; discarding old irb_name
>  /usr/local/pkgs/ruby/lib/ruby/1.7/irb/context.rb:200: warning: method redefined; discarding old math_mode=
>  /usr/local/pkgs/ruby/lib/ruby/1.7/irb/context.rb:214: warning: method redefined; discarding old use_readline=
>  -e:1: warning: useless use of a literal in void context

I get the same behavior using Ruby 1.6.7 on Debian Woody.