Daniel Berger created JRUBY-6444: ------------------------------------ Summary: RangeError vs TypeError with FFI Key: JRUBY-6444 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-6444 Project: JRuby Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: JRuby 1.6.6 Environment: jruby 1.6.6 (ruby-1.8.7-p357) (2012-01-30 5673572) (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 1.6.0_29) [darwin-x86_64-java] Reporter: Daniel Berger Assignee: Thomas E Enebo Priority: Minor
When passing an invalid type to an FFI function that requires an integer, JRuby raises a RangeError, whereas the C version raises a TypeError. I would expect a TypeError. {noformat} require 'ffi' class Admin extend FFI::Library ffi_lib FFI::Library::LIBC attach_function :getpwuid, [:int], :pointer def self.get_user(uid) ptr = getpwuid(uid) end end Admin.get_user('foo') # TypeError using MRI, RangeError using JRuby {noformat} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email