From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@...>
Date: 2004-04-20T22:54:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [1.9-16apr] $0 is messed up

[copy in case the GW is down]

In article <pan.2004.04.17.15.18.10.340319@adslhome.dk>,
Simon Strandgaard  <neoneye@adslhome.dk> wrote:
> guldfaxe 35 # ./ruby -ve '$0="x\0x"; p $0'
> ruby 1.6.6 (2001-12-26) [sparc-solaris2.8]
> "x"
> guldfaxe 36 #
> 
> 
> server> ruby -ve '$0="x\0x"; p $0'
> ruby 1.9.0 (2004-04-16) [i386-freebsd5.1]
> "x\000x"
> server> ruby18 -ve '$0="x\0x"; p $0'
> ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-22) [i386-freebsd5.1]
> "x\000x"
> server>

The FreeBSD behaviour seems correct to me, I do not see anything that says
that #p should not display the "\0".
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