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v2_5_5 - Show latest stable - Class: Pathname

new(p1)

public

Create a Pathname object from the given String (or String-like object). If path contains a NULL character (\0), an ArgumentError is raised.

static VALUE
path_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE arg)
{
    VALUE str;
    if (RB_TYPE_P(arg, T_STRING)) {
        str = arg;
    }
    else {
        str = rb_check_funcall(arg, id_to_path, 0, NULL);
        if (str == Qundef)
            str = arg;
        StringValue(str);
    }
    if (memchr(RSTRING_PTR(str), '\0', RSTRING_LEN(str)))
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "pathname contains null byte");
    str = rb_obj_dup(str);

    set_strpath(self, str);
    OBJ_INFECT(self, str);
    return self;
}

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