[ruby-core:94734] [Ruby master Bug#15244] Method #extname return empty string if filename is dot ('.')

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Issue #15244 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto).

Status changed from Open to Feedback

`.git` is not an extension but a filename. `.a.jpg` has `.jpg` extension. I wonder how we can parse `..jpg`. It's undefined behavior for me. 
Any reasoning?

Matz.

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Bug #15244: Method #extname return empty string if filename is dot ('.')
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15244#change-81350

* Author: TiSer (Sergey TiSer)
* Status: Feedback
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: 2.7.0dev
* Backport: 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN
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### Example 1:
Current behaviour:
```
File.extname('..jpg')
=> ""
```

Expected behaviour: 
```
File.extname('..jpg')
=> ".jpg"
```


### Example 2:
Current behaviour:
```
File.extname('....jpg')
=> ""
```

Expected behaviour: 
```
=> ".jpg"
```

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dot-names.diff (891 Bytes)
multiple-leading-dot-basename-extname-15244.patch (1.94 KB)


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