ruby / ruby/rake

Allow spaces between arguments in Rake task

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Description

rake my_task[arg1, arg2]

fails with

Don't know how to build task 'mytask[arg1, '

I think this is a pretty big gotcha. It would be nice to support spaces after commas.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing rake my_task[arg1, arg2] and trace the Rake task-argument parsing entry point. Confirm that spaces after commas are accepted without changing existing argument behavior, and add or run a regression test for the reported command.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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