Kernel#=~: delete

Has been deprecated since ebff9dc10e6e72239c23e50acc7d3cbfdc659e7a.

4 files changed, 21 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/lib/delegate.rb b/lib/delegate.rb
index a5ae605e9e..70d4e4ad1d 100644
--- a/lib/delegate.rb
+++ b/lib/delegate.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Delegator < BasicObject
   kernel = ::Kernel.dup
   kernel.class_eval do
     alias __raise__ raise
-    [:to_s, :inspect, :=~, :!~, :===, :<=>, :hash].each do |m|
+    [:to_s, :inspect, :!~, :===, :<=>, :hash].each do |m|
       undef_method m
     end
     private_instance_methods.each do |m|
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 49315c566c..2c9cbe7403 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -1214,6 +1214,8 @@ nil_inspect(VALUE obj)
  *     nil =~ other  -> nil
  *
  *  Dummy pattern matching -- always returns nil.
+ *
+ *  This method makes it possible to `while gets =~ /re/ do`.
  */
 
 static VALUE
@@ -1393,27 +1395,6 @@ rb_false(VALUE obj)
     return Qfalse;
 }
 
-
-/*
- *  call-seq:
- *     obj =~ other  -> nil
- *
- * This method is deprecated.
- *
- * This is not only useless but also troublesome because it may hide a
- * type error.
- */
-
-static VALUE
-rb_obj_match(VALUE obj1, VALUE obj2)
-{
-    if (rb_warning_category_enabled_p(RB_WARN_CATEGORY_DEPRECATED)) {
-        rb_category_warn(RB_WARN_CATEGORY_DEPRECATED, "deprecated Object#=~ is called on %"PRIsVALUE
-                "; it always returns nil", rb_obj_class(obj1));
-    }
-    return Qnil;
-}
-
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     obj !~ other  -> true or false
@@ -4444,7 +4425,6 @@ InitVM_Object(void)
 
     rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "nil?", rb_false, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "===", case_equal, 1);
-    rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "=~", rb_obj_match, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "!~", rb_obj_not_match, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "eql?", rb_obj_equal, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "hash", rb_obj_hash, 0); /* in hash.c */
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/match_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/match_spec.rb
index fbfc77f959..6c81ed8256 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/match_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/match_spec.rb
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 
-describe "Kernel#=~" do
-  it "returns nil matching any object" do
-    o = Object.new
+ruby_version_is ''...'3.2' do
+  describe "Kernel#=~" do
+    it "returns nil matching any object" do
+      o = Object.new
 
-    suppress_warning do
-      (o =~ /Object/).should   be_nil
-      (o =~ 'Object').should   be_nil
-      (o =~ Object).should     be_nil
-      (o =~ Object.new).should be_nil
-      (o =~ nil).should        be_nil
-      (o =~ true).should       be_nil
+      suppress_warning do
+        (o =~ /Object/).should   be_nil
+        (o =~ 'Object').should   be_nil
+        (o =~ Object).should     be_nil
+        (o =~ Object.new).should be_nil
+        (o =~ nil).should        be_nil
+        (o =~ true).should       be_nil
+      end
     end
-  end
 
-  it "is deprecated" do
-    -> do
-      Object.new =~ /regexp/
-    end.should complain(/deprecated Object#=~ is called on Object/, verbose: true)
+    it "is deprecated" do
+      -> do
+        Object.new =~ /regexp/
+      end.should complain(/deprecated Object#=~ is called on Object/, verbose: true)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/nil/match_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/nil/match_spec.rb
index 2e2b5d1c1b..bc1c591793 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/nil/match_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/nil/match_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 
 describe "NilClass#=~" do
   it "returns nil matching any object" do
-    o = Object.new
+    o = nil
 
     suppress_warning do
       (o =~ /Object/).should   be_nil