Proc#arity bug?

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p = proc {}
p.arity -> -1

shouldn't that be returning 0?

btw p = proc { |*a| } gives me -1 like it should.

ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux]

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It's not a bug it's a feature:

proc { || } has arity 0, proc {} takes any number of args and ignores them.

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On May 6, 2006, at 11:03 PM, polypus wrote:

p = proc {}
p.arity -> -1

shouldn't that be returning 0?

btw p = proc { |*a| } gives me -1 like it should.

ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux]

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Note that lambda{}.arity == 0 in 1.9:

RUBY_VERSION # => "1.9.0"
RUBY_RELEASE_DATE # => "2006-05-01"
lambda{ }.arity # => 0
lambda{}.call(1,2,3)
# ~> -:4: wrong number of arguments (3 for 0) (ArgumentError)
# ~> from -:4

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On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 01:11:44PM +0900, Logan Capaldo wrote:

On May 6, 2006, at 11:03 PM, polypus wrote:
>p = proc {}
>p.arity -> -1
>
>shouldn't that be returning 0?
>
>btw p = proc { |*a| } gives me -1 like it should.
>
>ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux]

It's not a bug it's a feature:

proc { || } has arity 0, proc {} takes any number of args and ignores
them.

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lambda{ }.arity # => 0
lambda{}.call(1,2,3)
# ~> -:4: wrong number of arguments (3 for 0) (ArgumentError)
# ~> from -:4

moulon% ruby -ve 'p proc{}.arity; p proc{}.call(1,2,3)'
ruby 1.9.0 (2006-05-01) [i686-linux]
0
nil
moulon%

Guy Decoux

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Hi,

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In message "Re: Proc#arity bug?" on Sun, 7 May 2006 18:04:16 +0900, ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> writes:

moulon% ruby -ve 'p proc{}.arity; p proc{}.call(1,2,3)'
ruby 1.9.0 (2006-05-01) [i686-linux]
0
nil

Hmm, indeed it's inconsistent. I will fix, either arity to return -1,
or call to raise ArgumentError.

              matz.