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javawizard (Alex Boyd)

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  • Email: alex@opengroove.org
  • Registered on: 10/20/2014
  • Last sign in: 06/22/2016

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Reported issues 3 2 5

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05/18/2016

12:34 AM Ruby Feature #6739: One-line rescue statement should support specifying an exception class
What's the problem with `then`? I'm getting a syntax error when I try it:
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irb(main):002:0> foo rescue Bar then baz
SyntaxError: (irb):2: syntax error, unexpected keyword_then, expecting end-of-input
foo rescue Bar then baz
...
javawizard (Alex Boyd)

02/25/2016

09:44 PM Ruby Bug #11969: [PATCH] IRB: Final newline missing in truncated backtraces
Ping again... javawizard (Alex Boyd)

02/01/2016

10:01 PM Ruby Bug #11969: [PATCH] IRB: Final newline missing in truncated backtraces
Ping... Any update on this? javawizard (Alex Boyd)

01/20/2016

11:12 PM Ruby Bug #11969: [PATCH] IRB: Final newline missing in truncated backtraces
Opened https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/1205 a few days ago. Here's the patch:
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diff --git a/lib/irb.rb b/lib/irb.rb
index 45f3280..92b79b3 100644
--- a/lib/irb.rb
+++ b/lib/irb.rb
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ def eval_input
...
javawizard (Alex Boyd)

12/28/2014

10:28 AM Ruby Feature #10481: Add "if" and "unless" clauses to rescue statements
Any update on this? (Or is this just a matter of more people getting around to giving it due consideration before merging?) javawizard (Alex Boyd)

12/18/2014

11:51 AM Ruby Bug #10450: multiple assignment in conditional
#10617 looks good to me. +1 on the warning. javawizard (Alex Boyd)

12/17/2014

09:33 AM Ruby Bug #10450: multiple assignment in conditional
Martin Dürst wrote:
> It seems that both Matz and I got confused. That's not too surprising because the first example has no parentheses.
An understandable mistake to make.
> ...
Will do (or if bug hit gets around to it first, I'l...
javawizard (Alex Boyd)

12/16/2014

10:48 PM Ruby Bug #10450: multiple assignment in conditional
I've submitted https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/786 to keep this on the radar. javawizard (Alex Boyd)
06:04 PM Ruby Bug #10450: multiple assignment in conditional
Ah, historical holdover... Those are fun. :-)
That being the case, any chance of getting my patch applied?
Martin Dürst wrote:
> Bugs have to be rejected if there's a valid reason for rejection, even if another reason also was giv...
javawizard (Alex Boyd)

12/15/2014

04:34 PM Ruby Feature #10574: Add String#lchomp and String.lchomp!
Agreed. I was slightly lazy writing up my example... :-) javawizard (Alex Boyd)

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