`starts/ends_with?` implementations incompatible with that of ruby 1.8.7

not reproducible
Tried on Rails 2.3.4 and rails starts/ends_with? methods work such as ruby 1.8.7 start/end_with? methods. -1 the patch is ok, but there is no bug, so there is no need in patch?

verified the difference in implementations

+1 patch applies cleanly to master

-1 Not reproducible

"foobar".ends_with?('bar') => true "foobar".ends_with?(:bar) => true

+1 patch applies cleanly to 2-3-stable but failed in master

verified the difference in behavior Mislav was talking about

Some additional info: when you're confirming this issue be sure to test it with 1.8.6, as in 1.8.7 and above starts_with and ends_with are just aliases of ruby's start_with and end_with.

+1 verified the bug and the 2-3-stable patch applies cleanly, i've attached a patch for master, note that i didn't credit Mislav.. but only because i have no idea how to do it.

In Ruby 1.8.6, there's no Symbol#length apparently (maybe I'm on an older patchlevel?):

ts > ruby -v
ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [universal-darwin9.0]
ts > irb
irb(main):001:0> :str.length
NoMethodError: undefined method `length' for :str:Symbol
    from (irb):1

To those who claim they can't reproduce: my ruby version on Snow Leopard is

ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [universal-darwin10.0]

So if you can find another 1.8.7 version where this is not false:

"foobar".end_with(:bar)

Then please report here. Otherwise, this patch is still valid.

Elad: the way of properly crediting people with git commit is to either reference metadata from another commit (-c | -C options) or to use the --author option.