* array.c (rb_ary_fill): (compatibility) do not raise

	  ArgumentError on negative length.  This behaviour shall change
  	  in a future release.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8_7@17713 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index f4ed6e67d8..9eda004130 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -2416,6 +2416,9 @@ rb_ary_fill(argc, argv, ary)
 	break;
     }
     rb_ary_modify(ary);
+    if (len < 0) {
+        return ary;
+    }
     if (len > ARY_MAX_SIZE - beg) {
 	rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "argument too big");
     }