[MacRuby] #1381: Calling objective-c method with semicolon before 1st arg sometimes works

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#1381: Calling objective-c method with semicolon before 1st arg sometimes works
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 Reporter:  sohocoke@…          |       Owner:  lsansonetti@…        
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  major               |   Milestone:                       
Component:  MacRuby             |    Keywords:                       
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 [ilo-robbie at nibbler:~]$ macirb -f

 # demonstrate flexible syntax
 irb(main):002:0> s1 = NSString.stringWithString("hi")
 => "hi"
 irb(main):003:0> s2 = NSString.stringWithString:"hi"
 => "hi"

 # some other weirdness observed during equality tests using objective-c
 methods - didn't have time to look into this, could be related
 irb(main):004:0> s1.isEqual:s2
 => 0
 irb(main):005:0> s1.isEqualToString:s2
 => 0
 irb(main):006:0> s1 == s2
 => true
 irb(main):007:0> s1.isEqual(s2)
 => 1

 # demonstrate normal operation
 irb(main):009:0> p1 = "/tmp/macruby-file"
 => "/tmp/macruby-file"
 irb(main):010:0> `ls #{p1}`
 ls: /tmp/macruby-file: No such file or directory
 => ""
 irb(main):018:0> framework 'cocoa'
 => true
 irb(main):019:0> s1.writeToFile(p1, atomically:true,
 encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding, error:nil)
 => true
 irb(main):020:0> `ls #{p1}`
 => "/tmp/macruby-file\n"
 irb(main):021:0> `rm #{p1}; ls #{p1}`
 ls: /tmp/macruby-file: No such file or directory
 => ""

 # demonstrate weird operation when using flexible syntax
 irb(main):022:0> s1.writeToFile:p1, atomically:true,
 encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding, error:nil
 => true
 irb(main):023:0> `ls #{p1}`
 ls: /tmp/macruby-file: No such file or directory
 => ""

 # i'm going to guess that the symbol :p1 got passed to the call.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/1381>
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