Class variables are not initialised properly.

[sorin.ionescu@…]

The mime-types gem has a class and an instance interface. The class interface uses an instance of itself. However, it doesn’t work in MacRuby. It does not seem to be initialised properly. I have included in a sample code with the expected behaviour. Changing @__types__ to @@__types__ will not fix it.

class MacRubyInitTest
  def initialize
    @foo = true
  end
  
  def add
    p self
    puts "@foo = " + @foo.inspect
  end

  @__types__ = self.new()

  def self.add
    @__types__.add
  end
end

t = MacRubyInitTest.new
t.add
MacRubyInitTest.add

Output (MacRuby 0.5)

<MacRubyInitTest:0x200024d80 @foo=true>
@foo = true
<MacRubyInitTest:0x200024e00 @foo=true>
@foo = nil

Expected (Ruby 1.9.1/1.8.7)

#<MacRubyInitTest:0x00000100847920 @foo=true>
@foo = true
#<MacRubyInitTest:0x00000100847a70 @foo=true>
@foo = true

[sorin.ionescu@…]

Trac totally butchered the code sample. DISREGARD IT AND SEE ATTACHMENT INSTEAD.

[martinlagardette@…]

Hi Sorin! Thanks for the report. Are you sure, though, that this bug is a "blocker"?

To everyone: the attached file can be ignored, I edited the bug description to format the code, and modified it a little to show some interesting facts: p self shows that the @foo variable is set to true, however, @foo is nil.

[sorin.ionescu@…]

It is a blocker. The mime-types gem that uses it is quite popular if not the only one. Thanks for fixing the report.

[lsansonetti@…]

This should be fixed in trunk (as least since r4119).