[jruby-user] Re: JRuby 1.7.13: Why does [ "%0d" % nil ] not generate an error as it does under Ruby 1.9.3?

Hi again,

Anyone with any thoughts on this?
Tim


On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Tim Griffin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all;
>
> I've just bumped into a little anomoly between JRuby 1.7.13 and Ruby
> 1.9.3.
>
> *Under Ruby 1.9.3:*
> This statement generates an error:
> 3] pry(#<Package>)> *p "%0d" % nil*
> TypeError: can't convert nil into Integer
> from (pry):8:in `%'
> [4] pry(#<Package>)>
>
> *Under JRuby 1.7.13:*
> The same statement does *not* generate an error:
> [4] pry(#<Package>)> p "%0d" % nil.0.0.0:8080-1) [4] pry(#<Package>)> *p
> "%0d" % nil*
> 12:07:07,902 INFO  [stdout] (http-/0.0.0.0:8080-1) "0"
> 12:07:07,903 INFO  [stdout] (http-/0.0.0.0:8080-1) => "0"
>
>
> Can anyone account for the difference? Which is the "correct" response?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
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