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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions src/codegen_call_string.c
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Expand Up @@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ int emit_call_regexp_arms(Compiler *c, int id, Buf *b, const NodeTable *nt, cons
string, over its name when it holds a Symbol. NilClass has no match?, so
nil raises here rather than answering false the way `nil !~` answers
true. */
/* ...unless a program class answers match? itself: the boxed dispatch
has its arm, and the String one beside it */
if (are >= 0 && sp_streq(name, "match?") && rpoly && poly_name_user_claimed(c, name, argc)) return 0;
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Keep user-defined match? results polymorphic.

When a polymorphic receiver dispatches to a user-defined match? that returns :hit or nil, the user arm emits (<call>).v.b. This reads the sp_bool union member without checking the tag or converting the value. nil becomes false, and a Symbol’s payload is reinterpreted as a boolean. Neither value is preserved. The access is valid C; this conversion does not itself cause a compilation failure.

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Review comment at @src/codegen_call_string.c around lines 215 - 217:
Update the user-defined `match?` dispatch path identified by
`poly_name_user_claimed` so it preserves polymorphic return values such as
`:hit` and `nil` instead of converting them through the `sp_bool` union member.
Keep the existing boxed dispatch behavior for the built-in `match?` arms.

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if (are >= 0 && sp_streq(name, "match?") && rpoly) {
int tv = ++g_tmp;
/* a shared-string handle is a String (#4279) */
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# `x.match?(/re/)` on a boxed receiver is String#match? (or a Symbol's)
# only for those; a program class's own match? answers for its objects,
# and may answer anything. tzinfo's TimezoneProxy-style Zone#match? and
# activesupport's Chars delegate match?. The String fast path took every
# boxed receiver: such an object raised NoMethodError, and where the call
# was typed boxed, the C did not compile.
class Zone
def initialize(n) = @n = n
def match?(re) = re.match?(@n) ? :hit : nil
end
def m(x) = x.match?(/ab/)
p m("xaby")
p m(:ab)
p m(Zone.new("ab"))
p m(Zone.new("q"))
p(m("zz") ? 1 : 2)
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true
true
:hit
nil
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