[MacRuby-devel] macirb fails to start on 0.5b2 (undefined method `bind' for IRB::SLex:Class)

[Logan Bowers]

Ticket #448: https://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/448

Thanks!  

Logan Bowers

On Nov 22, 2009, at 5:11 PM, Laurent Sansonetti wrote:

> Hi Logan,
> 
> Looks like a 32-bit only issue.
> 
> $ arch -i386 macirb
> /usr/local/bin/macirb:in `<main>': undefined method `bind' for IRB::SLex:Class (NoMethodError)
> 
> Could you file a ticket on Trac about this? This way we won't forget.
> 
> Thanks,
> Laurent
> 
> On Nov 22, 2009, at 3:53 PM, Logan Bowers wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I just downloaded and installed 0.5b2, however macirb fails to start; I get the following:
>> 
>> bender:~ logan$ macirb
>> /usr/local/bin/macirb:in `<main>': undefined method `bind' for IRB::SLex:Class (NoMethodError)
>> bender:~ logan$
>> 
>> After doing a little digging, the culprit appears to be in e2mmap.rb:
>> 
>> module Exception2MessageMapper
>> @RCS_ID='-$Id: e2mmap.rb,v 1.10 1999/02/17 12:33:17 keiju Exp keiju $-'
>> 
>> E2MM = Exception2MessageMapper
>> 
>> def E2MM.extend_object(cl)
>>   super
>>   STDERR.puts("About to bind on #{cl.inspect}") # <---Line I added for debugging
>>   cl.bind(self) unless cl < E2MM  # <--- Exception is raised here!
>> end
>> 
>> def bind(cl)
>>   self.module_eval %[
>>     def Raise(err = nil, *rest)
>>  Exception2MessageMapper.Raise(self.class, err, *rest)
>>     end
>>     alias Fail Raise
>> 
>>     def self.included(mod)
>>  mod.extend Exception2MessageMapper
>>     end
>>   ]
>> end
>> 
>> With the debugging line above, I see:
>> 
>> bender:~ logan$ macirb
>> About to bind on IRB::Notifier
>> About to bind on IRB::SLex
>> /usr/local/bin/macirb:in `<main>': undefined method `bind' for IRB::SLex:Class (NoMethodError)
>> bender:~ logan$
>> 
>> Given that the 'bind' method is defined 3 lines later, I can't see why the call would succeed for IRB::Notifier and not for IRB::SLex.  Any ideas on what's going on?  FWIW, I'm running SL on a 32-bit machine.  Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> Logan Bowers
>> 
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