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Subject: [ruby-core:86773] [Ruby trunk Bug#14719] FalseClass wrapping a SimpleDelegator evaluates to true in
From: declan () weuseopensource ! com
Date: 2018-04-30 9:05:51
Message-ID: redmine.journal-71728.20180430090550.f97bcd0462be4bbf () ruby-lang ! org
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Issue #14719 has been updated by theirishpenguin (Declan McGrath).
Thanks Marc-Andre. Appreciate the quick response.
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Bug #14719: FalseClass wrapping a SimpleDelegator evaluates to true in an IF \
statement https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14719#change-71728
* Author: theirishpenguin (Declan McGrath)
* Status: Rejected
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee:
* Target version:
* ruby -v: ruby 2.4.1p111 (2017-03-22 revision 58053) [x86_64-linux]
* Backport: 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN
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Hi, thanks for Ruby :-)
I have run into a problem. When I wrap the boolean false in a SimpleDelegator it \
breaks the semantics of the boolean when evaluated in expressions such as IF \
statements - returning true when I would have expected false.
Here is a test case...
~~~ ruby
class BoldBool < SimpleDelegator \
end \
\
false_bool = BoldBool.new(false) \
\
if false_bool \
puts "I'm evaluated as true but I should be false." \
end
~~~
When I run it I get:
#=>I'm evaluated as true but I should be false.
Expected result:
No output.
I understand that there may be good reasons for why this is happening (eg. the class \
of the object false_bool may be a BoldBool and this is not a FalseClass) however it \
breaks the fundamental semantics of a boolean - in which case I think we should \
consider raising an ArgumentError in the Ruby language if a Boolean is passed to the \
constructor of a SimpleDelegator.
I tried to workaround the problem by overriding equals?(). I am guessing that this \
would be the correct approach - and that this is what is used by the IF expression to \
determine whether it is dealing with a truthy object or a falsey...
~~~ ruby
class BoldBool < SimpleDelegator \
def equal?(obj) \
if __getobj__.is_a? FalseClass and obj == false \
return true \
else \
__getobj__.equal?(obj) \
end \
end \
end \
\
false_bool = BoldBool.new(false) \
\
if false_bool \
puts "I'm evaluated as true but I should be false." \
end
~~~
However this gives me the error...
~~~ ruby
/home/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.1/lib/ruby/2.4.0/delegate.rb:313:in `__getobj__': not \
delegated (ArgumentError)
from simple_delegator_on_boolean_with_equals_override.rb:5:in `equal?'
from /home/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.1/lib/ruby/2.4.0/delegate.rb:333:in \
`__setobj__'
from /home/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.1/lib/ruby/2.4.0/delegate.rb:72:in \
`initialize'
from simple_delegator_on_boolean_with_equals_override.rb:13:in `new'
from simple_delegator_on_boolean_with_equals_override.rb:13:in `<main>'
~~~
If I try an even simpler override approach as an experiment this errors too...
~~~ ruby
class BoldBool < SimpleDelegator \
def equal?(obj) \
true \
end \
end \
\
false_bool = BoldBool.new(false) \
\
if false_bool \
puts "I'm evaluated as true but I should be false." \
end
~~~
... with the error...
~~~ ruby
/home/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.1/lib/ruby/2.4.0/delegate.rb:333:in `__setobj__': \
cannot delegate to self (ArgumentError)
from /home/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.1/lib/ruby/2.4.0/delegate.rb:72:in \
`initialize'
from simple_delegator_on_boolean_with_simple_equals_override.rb:9:in `new'
from simple_delegator_on_boolean_with_simple_equals_override.rb:9:in `<main>'
~~~
Is this SimpleDelegator behaviour a bug? (downloadable files attached containing the \
above snippets).
---Files--------------------------------
simple_delegator_on_boolean.rb (167 Bytes)
simple_delegator_on_boolean_with_equals_override.rb (335 Bytes)
simple_delegator_on_boolean_with_simple_equals_override.rb (208 Bytes)
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