``` $ ./local/bin/ruby -e '1.time {}' -e:1:in `<main>': undefined method `time' for 1:Integer (NoMethodError) 1.time {} ^^^^^ Did you mean? times ``` https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17930
This limit was introduced on Nov 20 1996 in 554b989ba1 Apparently to protect from a buffer overflow: * eval.c (f_missing): オブジェクトの文字列表現が長すぎる時バッファ を書き潰していた However I tested that path with very large strings and it works fine.
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