ruby / ruby/rexml

XPath function name typo silently ignored

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Description

If a function name is misspelled, REXML::XPath.match doesn't warn or raise.

REXML::XPath.match doc, '//foo[positoin()=1]'

Weird case:

doc = REXML::Document.new('<foo><namae>bar</namae><bar/></foo>')
REXML::XPath.match doc, '//*[namae()="bar"]'
#=> [<foo> ... </>]

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Start at REXML::XPath.match, using the misspelled-function examples in the issue to trace how XPath function names are handled. Verify that an unknown function no longer passes silently, and check both the positoin() case and the namae() case for consistent behavior.

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Tech stack
ruby
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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