ruby-concurrency / ruby-concurrency/concurrent-ruby
Review usages of Integer#size in the gem
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Description
From @XrXr in https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20614#note-8, we should review usages of Integer#size as it is not equal to pointer size on Windows.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Search the repository for usages of Integer#size and inspect each one in the context of Windows pointer-size behavior. Determine which usages require changes and verify the result with the relevant existing tests; the work is done when all affected usages have been reviewed and necessary coverage or updates are included.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 40/100