From 65720ff11a9b64205291f44a28ccd7854976aaf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: knu Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:38:17 +0000 Subject: Merge from ruby_1_8. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8_7@16647 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- NEWS | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 63b8ab26b3..60eda7a813 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3