[ruby-core:96743] Re: [Ruby master Bug#16495] Inconsistant Quotes in Error Messages

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This is an old-school Unix terminal way of mimicking the use of =E2=80=98fa=
ncy
quoting=E2=80=99 by using the backtick (`) and single quote (') because on
*some* terminals
they were shaped the same as =E2=80=98 and =E2=80=99. Changing this would b=
reak many error
parsers that are used to Ruby doing it this way.

-a

On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 4:54 PM <[email protected]> wrote:

> Issue #16495 has been reported by Kolano (Kenneth Kolano).
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Bug #16495: Inconsistant Quotes in Error Messages
> https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16495
>
> * Author: Kolano (Kenneth Kolano)
> * Status: Open
> * Priority: Normal
> * Assignee:
> * Target version:
> * ruby -v: 2.5.3
> * Backport: 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN, 2.7: UNKNOWN
> ----------------------------------------
> Error messages use inconsistent pairs of quotes, for instance...
>
> ```
> -e:1:in `<main>': undefined local variable or method `foo' for main:Objec=
t
> (NameError)
> ```
> ...where a "fancy" quote is used on the left-hand side, and a standard
> single quote is used on the right.
>
> The same quotes should be used on either side of elements being quoted.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">This is an old-school Unix terminal way of mimicking=C2=A0=
the use of =E2=80=98fancy quoting=E2=80=99 by using the backtick (`) and si=
ngle quote (&#39;) because on <i>some</i>=C2=A0terminals they were shaped t=
he same as =E2=80=98 and =E2=80=99. Changing this would break many error pa=
rsers that are used to Ruby doing it this way.<div><br></div><div>-a</div><=
/div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">O=
n Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 4:54 PM &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">kolan=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;=
border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Issue #16495 has been =
reported by Kolano (Kenneth Kolano).<br>
<br>
----------------------------------------<br>
Bug #16495: Inconsistant Quotes in Error Messages<br>
<a href=3D"https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16495" rel=3D"noreferrer" targ=
et=3D"_blank">https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16495</a><br>
<br>
* Author: Kolano (Kenneth Kolano)<br>
* Status: Open<br>
* Priority: Normal<br>
* Assignee: <br>
* Target version: <br>
* ruby -v: 2.5.3<br>
* Backport: 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN, 2.7: UNKNOWN<br>
----------------------------------------<br>
Error messages use inconsistent pairs of quotes, for instance...<br>
<br>
```<br>
-e:1:in `&lt;main&gt;&#39;: undefined local variable or method `foo&#39; fo=
r main:Object (NameError)<br>
```<br>
...where a &quot;fancy&quot; quote is used on the left-hand side, and a sta=
ndard single quote is used on the right.<br>
<br>
The same quotes should be used on either side of elements being quoted.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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