25 Jul
2012
25 Jul
'12
6:48 a.m.
Hi all, I have a pull request in on RSpec ( https://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/pull/160) to fix an issue I encountered with MacRuby, but I'm hoping someone here can provide a better explanation of the root cause of the issue than I can. Basically RSpec was assuming that a version of Ruby that defined BasicObject would have all objects inherit from BasicObject, which is the case in MRI 1.9.2. In MacRuby, however, BasicObject exists in a weird sort of parallel universe; it has no ancestors, yet nothing seems to inherit from it either. You can see my attempt at explanation in the pull request; can anyone provide a better explanation for this setup? Thanks, -Gabriel