[MacRuby-devel] [macruby] #13: dispatcher goes into infinite loop, crashes rather than throwing NoMethodError

[macruby]

#13: dispatcher goes into infinite loop, crashes rather than throwing
NoMethodError
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 Reporter:  jean_pierre at mac.com  |        Owner:  lsansonetti at apple.com
     Type:  defect               |       Status:  closed               
 Priority:  blocker              |    Milestone:  MacRuby 0.3          
Component:  MacRuby              |   Resolution:  fixed                
 Keywords:                       |  
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Changes (by lsansonetti at apple.com):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed
  * milestone:  MacRuby 1.0 => MacRuby 0.3

Comment:

 Fixed in trunk.

 {{{
 $ cat /tmp/t.rb
 class Giant
   def name
     @name
   end
   def setName(name)
     @name = name
   end
 end

 g = Giant.new
 g.name = 'Fasolt'
 $ macruby /tmp/t.rb
 /tmp/t.rb:11:in `<main>': undefined method `name=' for #<Giant:0x28a11f0>
 (NoMethodError)
 }}}

 The foo=: shortcut only works if setFoo: is a real Objective-C method. It
 does not work if setFoo: is implemented in Ruby to not cause confusion, if
 one defines both foo=: and setFoo:, as these are 2 different methods.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/13#comment:2>
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