[#5218] Ruby Book Eng tl, ch1 question — Jon Babcock <jon@...>

13 messages 2000/10/02

[#5404] Object.foo, setters and so on — "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>

OK, here is what I think I know.

14 messages 2000/10/11

[#5425] Ruby Book Eng. tl, 9.8.11 -- seishitsu ? — Jon Babcock <jon@...>

18 messages 2000/10/11
[#5427] RE: Ruby Book Eng. tl, 9.8.11 -- seishitsu ? — OZAWA -Crouton- Sakuro <crouton@...> 2000/10/11

At Thu, 12 Oct 2000 03:49:46 +0900,

[#5429] Re: Ruby Book Eng. tl, 9.8.11 -- seishitsu ? — Jon Babcock <jon@...> 2000/10/11

Thanks for the input.

[#5432] Re: Ruby Book Eng. tl, 9.8.11 -- seishitsu ? — Yasushi Shoji <yashi@...> 2000/10/11

At Thu, 12 Oct 2000 04:53:41 +0900,

[#5516] Re: Some newbye question — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "D" == Davide Marchignoli <marchign@di.unipi.it> writes:

80 messages 2000/10/13
[#5531] Re: Some newbye question — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) 2000/10/14

Hi,

[#5544] Re: Some newbye question — Davide Marchignoli <marchign@...> 2000/10/15

On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

[#5576] Re: local variables (nested, in-block, parameters, etc.) — Dave Thomas <Dave@...> 2000/10/16

matz@zetabits.com (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:

[#5617] Re: local variables (nested, in-block, parameters, etc.) — "Brian F. Feldman" <green@...> 2000/10/16

Dave Thomas <Dave@thomases.com> wrote:

[#5705] Dynamic languages, SWOT ? — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

There has been discussion on this list/group from time to time about

16 messages 2000/10/20
[#5712] Re: Dynamic languages, SWOT ? — Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@...> 2000/10/20

Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote:

[#5882] [RFC] Towards a new synchronisation primitive — hipster <hipster@...4all.nl>

Hello fellow rubyists,

21 messages 2000/10/26

[ruby-talk:5430] Re: File.expand_path(), second arg?

From: Yasushi Shoji <yashi@...>
Date: 2000-10-11 20:56:57 UTC
List: ruby-talk #5430
At Thu, 12 Oct 2000 02:25:09 +0900,
Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> brains hgs 33 %> ruby -v -e 'File.expand_path("finder.rb", nil)'
> ruby 1.6.1 (2000-09-27) [sparc-solaris2.5.1]
> -e:1:in `expand_path': failed to convert nil into String (TypeError)
>         from -e:1

1.4.6 doesn't work either.  i think the problem is implicit
expectation of string when arg = 2.

this patch works for me but not sure it's the right way.
--
            yashi

Index: file.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvsroot/ruby/file.c,v
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -u -r1.38 file.c
--- file.c      2000/10/10 07:03:17     1.38
+++ file.c      2000/10/11 20:44:28
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@
     }
 #endif
     else if (!isdirsep(*s)) {
-       if (argc == 2) {
+       if (argc == 2 && !NIL_P(dname)) {
            dname = rb_file_s_expand_path(1, &dname);
            if (OBJ_TAINTED(dname)) tainted = 1;
            strcpy(buf, RSTRING(dname)->ptr);

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