* object.c: Object#initialize accepts any number of arguments [ruby-core:27080]

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8@26136 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ce2e8ea5bc..b76ca1c19d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Dec 21 08:15:31 2009  Marc-Andre Lafortune  <ruby-core@marc-andre.ca>
+
+	* object.c: Object#initialize accepts any number of arguments
+	  [ruby-core:27080]
+
 Sun Dec 20 23:43:46 2009  NAKAMURA, Hiroshi  <nahi@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/net/http.rb (HTTPGenericRequest#send_request_with_body_stream):
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index ace7f7a21d..9f2a8498f3 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -650,6 +650,14 @@ rb_obj_tap(obj)
  *        end
  */
 
+/*
+ * Document-method: initialize
+ *
+ * call-seq:
+ *    Object.new( *args )
+ *
+ * Returns a new Object. Arguments are ignored.
+ */
 
 /*
  * Not documented
@@ -2718,7 +2726,7 @@ Init_Object()
     rb_mKernel = rb_define_module("Kernel");
     rb_include_module(rb_cObject, rb_mKernel);
     rb_define_alloc_func(rb_cObject, rb_class_allocate_instance);
-    rb_define_private_method(rb_cObject, "initialize", rb_obj_dummy, 0);
+    rb_define_private_method(rb_cObject, "initialize", rb_obj_dummy, -1);
     rb_define_private_method(rb_cClass, "inherited", rb_obj_dummy, 1);
     rb_define_private_method(rb_cModule, "included", rb_obj_dummy, 1);
     rb_define_private_method(rb_cModule, "extended", rb_obj_dummy, 1);