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@@ -395,6 +395,37 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file. === Compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes) +* String#slice! had some unintentional bugs and they have been fixed + because either they disagreed with documentation or their respective + behavior of #slice. Unfortunately, this causes some + incompatibilities in the following (somewhat rare) cases. + + * #slice! no longer expands the array when an out-of-boundary value + is given. + + # Ruby 1.8.6 + a = [1,2] + a.slice!(4,0) #=> nil + a #=> [1,2,nil,nil] + + # Ruby 1.8.7 + a = [1,2] + a.slice!(4,0) #=> nil + a #=> [1,2] + + * #slice! no longer raises an exception but returns nil when a + negative length or out-of-boundary negative position is given. + + # Ruby 1.8.6 + a = [1,2] + a.slice!(1,-1) #=> (raises IndexError) + a.slice!(-5,1) #=> (raises IndexError) + + # Ruby 1.8.7 + a = [1,2] + a.slice!(1,-1) #=> nil + a.slice!(-5,1) #=> nil + * String#to_i, String#hex and String#oct no longer accept a sequence of underscores (`__') as part of a number. |