From: Tim Kynerd <vxbrw58s02@...>
Date: 2003-11-28T17:12:08+09:00
Subject: Re: "wrong argument type nil (expected String)" from Dir.chdir

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:19:23 +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: "wrong argument type nil (expected String)" from Dir.chdir"
>     on 03/11/28, Tim Kynerd <vxbrw58s02@sneakemail.com> writes:
> 
> |Installed 1.8.0 with the following result:
> |
> |xxx@kynerd:~> cat chdir_test.rb
> |Dir.chdir("/")
> |nowdir = Dir.getwd
> |puts nowdir
> |xxx@kynerd:~> irb
> |irb(main):001:0> Dir.chdir("/")
> |=> 0
> |irb(main):002:0> nowdir = Dir.getwd
> |=> "/"
> |irb(main):003:0> puts nowdir
> |/
> |=> nil
> |irb(main):004:0> exit
> |xxx@kynerd:~> ruby chdir_test.rb
> |/
> |xxx@kynerd:~> ruby -r debug chdir_test.rb
> |Debug.rb
> |Emacs support available.
> |
> |chdir_test.rb:1:Dir.chdir("/")
> |(rdb:1)
> |nil
> |chdir_test.rb:1:cannot convert nil into String
> |(rdb:1) q
> |Really quit? (y/n) y
> |xxx@kynerd:~> ruby -v
> |ruby 1.8.0 (2003-08-04) [i686-linux]
> |xxx@kynerd:~>
> |
> |I.e.: No luck. :-(
> 
> Finally, I get it.  It's a bug in debug.rb.  I fixed it. Thank you.

No, thank YOU.

> 
> By the way, it's a lot easier for us to fix, if full step to reproduce
> the error was disclosed like this at the first time, without guessing
> the (wrong) cause by yourself, folks.

That I'm not sure what to do with. I don't see that it applies at all to
my initial post.

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