Bug #12256: multiline regex parses '/' in a comment

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: >1.9
• Backport: 2.1: WONTFIX, 2.2: DONE, 2.3: DONE

[ag4ve (shawn wilson)]

line 41

line =~ /
  foo # bar/baz
/x

Should not parse beyond a bare '#' or the limitation should be documented

[ag4ve (shawn wilson)]

• Description updated (diff)

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

Applied in changeset r54510.

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regexp.rdoc: terminators in comments [ci skip]

• doc/regexp.rdoc (comments): [DOC] terminators cannot appear in
  comments. [ruby-core:74838] [Bug #12256]

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Description updated (diff)

No way to know if it will have x option at reading that '#'.

[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Backport changed from 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN to 2.1: WONTFIX, 2.2: REQUIRED, 2.3: REQUIRED

[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Backport changed from 2.1: WONTFIX, 2.2: REQUIRED, 2.3: REQUIRED to 2.1: WONTFIX, 2.2: DONE, 2.3: REQUIRED

ruby_2_2 r54697 merged revision(s) 54510.

[nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)]

• Backport changed from 2.1: WONTFIX, 2.2: DONE, 2.3: REQUIRED to 2.1: WONTFIX, 2.2: DONE, 2.3: DONE

ruby_2_3 r54709 merged revision(s) 54510.