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Ruby's three dot arguments misreport their parameter types
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| p RUBY_VERSION: RUBY_VERSION | |
| def ab(a, b:) | |
| [a, {b: b}] | |
| end | |
| puts "Three dots:" | |
| def dots(...) ab(...) end | |
| pp real_sig: method(:ab).parameters, | |
| wrapper_sig: method(:dots).parameters, | |
| result: dots(123, b: 456) | |
| puts "", "Explicitly reproducing the alleged signature" | |
| def alleged(*rest, &block) ab(*rest, &block) end | |
| pp real_sig: method(:ab).parameters, | |
| wrapper_sig: method(:alleged).parameters, | |
| result: (alleged(123, b: 456) rescue $!) | |
| puts "", "What I think the sigature actually is" | |
| def actual(*rest, **kwrest, &block) ab(*rest, **kwrest, &block) end | |
| pp real_sig: method(:ab).parameters, | |
| wrapper_sig: method(:actual).parameters, | |
| result: actual(123, b: 456) | |
| __END__ | |
| Output: | |
| {:RUBY_VERSION=>"3.0.1"} | |
| Three dots: | |
| {:real_sig=>[[:req, :a], [:keyreq, :b]], | |
| :wrapper_sig=>[[:rest, :*], [:block, :&]], | |
| :result=>[123, {:b=>456}]} | |
| Explicitly reproducing the alleged signature | |
| {:real_sig=>[[:req, :a], [:keyreq, :b]], | |
| :wrapper_sig=>[[:rest, :rest], [:block, :block]], | |
| :result=> | |
| #<ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 1; required keyword: b)>} | |
| What I think the sigature actually is | |
| {:real_sig=>[[:req, :a], [:keyreq, :b]], | |
| :wrapper_sig=>[[:rest, :rest], [:keyrest, :kwrest], [:block, :block]], | |
| :result=>[123, {:b=>456}]} |
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