From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2004-04-01T12:49:24+09:00
Subject: string !~ string, not possible in cvshead

While upgrading and reinstalling misc modules I regulary use, I bumped
into this construction.  I don't know if the recent switch from GNU to
Oniguruma has broken anything ?

Any reason that String isn't allowed anymore ?


server> ruby a.rb
a.rb:1:in `=~': type mismatch: String given (TypeError)
        from a.rb:1
server> expand -t2 a.rb 
if "hello" !~ "l{2}"
  raise 
end
server>


Changing right argument into a regexp makes it work.

server> ruby a.rb
server> expand -t2 a.rb
if "hello" !~ /l{2}/
  raise 
end
server> ruby -v
ruby 1.9.0 (2004-03-31) [i386-freebsd5.1]
server>

Perhaps change exception message to something else, for instance:
in `!~': right argument must be Regexp, but was String (TypeError)

That would be less confusing ;-)

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Simon Strandgaard