Feature #2018
closed[irb] BasicObject.new doesn't have an inspect
Description
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Using BasicObject.new in irb:
daniel@boviAir# ruby19 --version
ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-08-30 trunk 24718) [i386-darwin9.8.0]
daniel@boviAir# irb19 --version
irb 0.9.6(09/06/30)
daniel@boviAir# irb19
irb(main):001:0> BasicObject.new
Produce an Exception due to the fact that inspect doesn't exist in the BasicObject:
NoMethodError: undefined method inspect' for #<BasicObject:0x4b2738> from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/inspector.rb:84:in
block in module:IRB'
from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/inspector.rb:30:in call' from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/inspector.rb:30:in
inspect_value'
from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/context.rb:259:in inspect_last_value' from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:309:in
output_value'
from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:158:in block (2 levels) in eval_input' from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:271:in
signal_status'
from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:154:in block in eval_input' from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:244:in
block (2 levels) in each_top_level_statement'
from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:230:in loop' from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:230:in
block in each_top_level_statement'
from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:229:in catch' from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:229:in
each_top_level_statement'
from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:153:in eval_input' from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:70:in
block in start'
from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:69:in catch' from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:69:in
start'
from /Users/danielbovensiepen/Programs/ruby19/bin/irb19:12:in `'Maybe IRB bug!!
In the attachment is a patch for catching this exception.
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