Feature #8663: Officialy alias ArgumentError to ArgError

• Status: Open
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
• Target version: -

When not using custom made exceptions, I find myself using TypeError, NameError and ArgumentError the most. ArgumentError is the longest and I would like to suggest to alias it officially as ArgError.

[duerst (Martin Dürst)]

This just saves 5 characters, but creates confusion because now many people will start to wonder what the difference is between ArgumentError and ArgError, if any.

Yes, but one of those characters is 'm'!

[duerst (Martin Dürst)]

• Category set to Joke

boris_stitnicky (Boris Stitnicky) wrote:

Yes, but one of those characters is 'm'!

Anything in particular that's problematic about 'm'? I have tentatively classified that as a joke, but can switch it back if needed.

[ko1 (Koichi Sasada)]

• Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)