[ruby-core:120564] [Ruby master Feature#20971] Deprecate `rb_path_check`

["matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) via ruby-core" <ruby-core@ml.ruby-lang.org>]

Issue #20971 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto).


As a UNIX user from ancient time, I feel a world writable directory is too dangerous to allow. But if everyone is OK to accept the new situation (especially with virtual environments), I don't strongly object.

Matz.


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Feature #20971: Deprecate `rb_path_check`
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20971#change-111387

* Author: Earlopain (Earlopain _)
* Status: Assigned
* Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
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With #16131, various code around $SAFE, taint, etc. has been deprecated and removed. GH PR https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/2476.

Now, [`rb_path_check`] still exists as part of the public API, with Ruby itself never using or testing it. I believe it should have been deprecated and was simply missed. Should it be deprecated today or is that not worth the effort?

Docs for it are pretty vague: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/33f95d632dce42fac35da29eaed33f0a5a4f0dcb/include/ruby/internal/intern/hash.h#L289-L297
> This function is mysterious.  What it does is not immediately obvious. Also what it does seems platform dependent.

[`rb_path_check`]: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/33f95d632dce42fac35da29eaed33f0a5a4f0dcb/file.c#L6427



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