Feature #5089: Even More Inadvertent Symbol Removal, And Fix Issue With Previous Code

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans)]

This is the third and hopefully final patch for removing inadvertent symbol creation. It removes it from the following methods:

alias_method
autoload?
private_class_method
private_constant
private
protected
public
public_class_method
public_constant
remove_method
undef_method
untrace_var

It also removes it from const_get if an invalid constant name is used or const_missing has not been overridden. If a valid constant name is used and const_missing has been overridden, then a symbol must be created so it can be passed to const_missing.

The second patch fixes the previous patches to handle the case where a non-String that implements to_str is passed to the methods.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

This issue was solved with changeset r32686.
Jeremy, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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• eval_error.c (rb_print_undef_str): new function to raise
  NameError for undefined method.
• load.c (rb_mod_autoload_p), object.c (rb_mod_const_get),
  variable.c (rb_f_untrace_var, set_const_visibility), vm_method.c
  (rb_mod_{remove,undef,alias}_method, set_method_visibility):
  remove inadvertent symbol creation. based on the first patch by
  Jeremy Evans at [ruby-core:38447]. [Feature #5089]