From: Kent S <happy@...>
Date: 2004-03-05T03:14:45+09:00
Subject: IRB with completion

IRB process dies when doing code completion in these cases:

1)
$ irb -r irb/completion
irb(main):001:0> class Test
irb(main):002:1> undef :methods
irb(main):003:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):004:0> t = Test.new
=> #<Test:0x32afe4>
irb(main):005:0> t./usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb/completion.rb:129:in 
`eval': undefined method `methods' for #<Test:0x32afe4> (NoMethodError)
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb/workspace.rb:52:in `irb_binding'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb/workspace.rb:52

2)
$ irb -r irb/completion
irb(main):001:0> class Test
irb(main):002:1> def methods
irb(main):003:2> :blah
irb(main):004:2> end
irb(main):005:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):006:0> t = Test.new
=> #<Test:0x328f28>
irb(main):007:0> t./usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb/completion.rb:171:in 
`select_message': undefined method `grep' for :blah:Symbol (NoMethodError)
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb/completion.rb:148
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb/completion.rb:37:in `call'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb/input-method.rb:134:in `readline'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb/input-method.rb:134:in `gets'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:130:in `eval_input'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:129:in `signal_status'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:129:in `eval_input'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:128:in `call'
          ... 12 levels...
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:70:in `start'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:69:in `catch'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:69:in `start'
         from /usr/local/bin/irb:13

I think IRB::InputCompletor::CompletionProc should digest these 
exceptional cases and warn user about possible problem.

/kent