(PUP-11841) Fix encoding of empty String

lib/puppet/application/doc.rb

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def rdoc
   end
 
   def other
-    text = String.new
+    text = ''.dup
     with_contents = options[:references].length <= 1
     exit_code = 0
     require_relative '../../puppet/util/reference'

lib/puppet/face/config.rb

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     end
 
     when_rendering :console do |to_be_rendered|
-      output = String.new
+      output = ''.dup
       if to_be_rendered.keys.length > 1
         to_be_rendered.keys.sort.each do |setting|
           output << "#{setting} = #{to_be_rendered[setting]}\n"

lib/puppet/face/epp.rb

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
   end
 
   def dump_parse(source, filename, options, show_filename = true)
-    output = String.new
+    output = ''.dup
     evaluating_parser = Puppet::Pops::Parser::EvaluatingParser::EvaluatingEppParser.new
     begin
       if options[:validate]
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ def render_inline(epp_source, compiler, options)
 
   def render_file(epp_template_name, compiler, options, show_filename, file_nbr)
     template_args = get_values(compiler, options)
-    output = String.new
+    output = ''.dup
     begin
       if show_filename && options[:header]
         output << "\n" unless file_nbr == 1

lib/puppet/face/module/list.rb

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       environment     = result[:environment]
       modules_by_path = result[:modules_by_path]
 
-      output = String.new
+      output = ''.dup
 
       warn_unmet_dependencies(environment)
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def list_build_tree(list, ancestors=[], parent=nil, params={})
   # Returns a Hash
   #
   def list_build_node(mod, parent, params)
-    str = String.new
+    str = ''.dup
     str << (mod.forge_name ? mod.forge_name.tr('/', '-') : mod.name)
     str << ' (' + colorize(:cyan, mod.version ? "v#{mod.version}" : '???') + ')'
 

lib/puppet/face/parser.rb

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
   end
 
   def dump_parse(source, filename, options, show_filename = true)
-    output = String.new
+    output = ''.dup
     evaluating_parser = Puppet::Pops::Parser::EvaluatingParser.new
     begin
       if options[:validate]

lib/puppet/indirector/facts/facter.rb

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def self.setup_external_search_paths(request)
 
   def find_with_options(request)
     options = request.options
-    options_for_facter = String.new
+    options_for_facter = ''.dup
     options_for_facter += options[:user_query].join(' ')
     options_for_facter += " --config #{options[:config_file]}" if options[:config_file]
     options_for_facter += " --show-legacy" if options[:show_legacy]

lib/puppet/indirector/file_bucket_file/file.rb

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def list(request)
       end
       # Setting hash's default value to [], needed by the following loop
       bucket = Hash.new {[]}
-      msg = String.new
+      msg = ''.dup
       # Get all files with mtime between 'from' and 'to'
       Pathname.new(request.options[:bucket_path]).find { |item|
         if item.file? and item.basename.to_s == "paths"

lib/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def expiration
 
   # Generate the full doc string.
   def doc
-    text = String.new
+    text = ''.dup
 
     text << scrub(@doc) << "\n\n" if @doc
 

lib/puppet/module_tool.rb

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def self.is_module_root?(path)
     # Builds a formatted tree from a list of node hashes containing +:text+
     # and +:dependencies+ keys.
     def self.format_tree(nodes, level = 0)
-      str = String.new
+      str = ''.dup
       nodes.each_with_index do |node, i|
         last_node = nodes.length - 1 == i
         deps = node[:dependencies] || []

lib/puppet/network/formats.rb

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def render(datum)
 
     # Simple hash to table
     if datum.is_a?(Hash) && datum.keys.all? { |x| x.is_a?(String) || x.is_a?(Numeric) }
-      output = String.new
+      output = ''.dup
       column_a = datum.empty? ? 2 : datum.map{ |k,v| k.to_s.length }.max + 2
       datum.sort_by { |k,v| k.to_s } .each do |key, value|
         output << key.to_s.ljust(column_a)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def render(datum)
 
     # Print one item per line for arrays
     if datum.is_a? Array
-      output = String.new
+      output = ''.dup
       datum.each do |item|
         output << item.to_s
         output << "\n"
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def flatten_array(array)
   end
 
   def construct_output(data)
-    output = String.new
+    output = ''.dup
     data.each do |key, value|
       output << "#{key}=#{value}"
       output << "\n"

lib/puppet/network/http/memory_response.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Puppet::Network::HTTP::MemoryResponse
   attr_reader :code, :type, :body
 
   def initialize
-    @body = String.new
+    @body = ''.dup
   end
 
   def respond_with(code, type, body)

lib/puppet/parameter/value_collection.rb

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def aliasvalue(name, other)
   #
   def doc
     unless defined?(@doc)
-      @doc = String.new
+      @doc = ''.dup
       unless values.empty?
         @doc << "Valid values are "
         @doc << @strings.collect do |value|

lib/puppet/parser/functions.rb

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def self.function(name, environment = Puppet.lookup(:current_environment))
   def self.functiondocs(environment = Puppet.lookup(:current_environment))
     autoloader.delegatee.loadall(environment)
 
-    ret = String.new
+    ret = ''.dup
 
     merged_functions(environment).sort { |a,b| a[0].to_s <=> b[0].to_s }.each do |name, hash|
       ret << "#{name}\n#{"-" * name.to_s.length}\n"

lib/puppet/pops/loader/loader_paths.rb

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def effective_path(typed_name, start_index_in_name)
 
     def typed_name(type, name_authority, relative_path, module_name)
       # Module name is assumed to be included in the path and therefore not added here
-      n = String.new
+      n = ''.dup
       unless extension.empty?
         # Remove extension
         relative_path = relative_path[0..-(extension.length+1)]
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def effective_path(typed_name, start_index_in_name)
     end
 
     def typed_name(type, name_authority, relative_path, module_name)
-      n = String.new
+      n = ''.dup
       n << module_name unless module_name.nil?
       unless extension.empty?
         # Remove extension
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def relative_path
     end
 
     def typed_name(type, name_authority, relative_path, module_name)
-      n = String.new
+      n = ''.dup
       n << module_name unless module_name.nil?
 
       # Remove the file extension, defined as everything after the *last* dot.
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def typed_name(type, name_authority, relative_path, module_name)
       if @init_filenames.include?(relative_path) && !(module_name.nil? || module_name.empty?)
         TypedName.new(type, module_name, name_authority)
       else
-        n = String.new
+        n = ''.dup
         n << module_name unless module_name.nil?
         ext = @extensions.find { |extension| relative_path.end_with?(extension) }
         relative_path = relative_path[0..-(ext.length+1)]

lib/puppet/pops/lookup/explainer.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def to_hash
     end
 
     def explain
-      io = String.new
+      io = ''.dup
       dump_on(io, '', '')
       io
     end

lib/puppet/pops/lookup/hiera_config.rb

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def find_line_matching(regexp, start_line = 1)
       line_number += 1
       next if line_number < start_line
       quote = nil
-      stripped = String.new
+      stripped = ''.dup
       line.each_codepoint do |cp|
         if cp == 0x22 || cp == 0x27 # double or single quote
           if quote == cp

lib/puppet/pops/model/factory.rb

@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ def is_interop_rewriteable?(o)
   end
 
   def self.concat(*args)
-    result = String.new
+    result = ''.dup
     args.each do |e|
       if e.instance_of?(Factory) && e.model_class <= LiteralString
         result << e[KEY_VALUE]

lib/puppet/pops/model/tree_dumper.rb

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def indent
   end
 
   def format(x)
-    result = String.new
+    result = ''.dup
     parts = format_r(x)
     parts.each_index do |i|
       if i > 0

lib/puppet/pops/parser/epp_support.rb

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def scan(skip_leading=false)
       @skip_leading = skip_leading
 
       return nil if scanner.eos?
-      s = String.new
+      s = ''.dup
       until scanner.eos?
         part = @scanner.scan_until(/(<%)|\z/)
         if @skip_leading

lib/puppet/pops/parser/evaluating_parser.rb

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def quote(x)
   # @return [String] The quoted string
   #
   def self.quote(x)
-    escaped = String.new('"')
+    escaped = '"'.dup
     p = nil
     x.each_char do |c|
       case p

lib/puppet/pops/parser/pn_parser.rb

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def consume_identifier(s)
 
   def consume_string
     s = @pos
-    b = String.new
+    b = ''.dup
     loop do
       c = next_cp
       case c

lib/puppet/pops/pn.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def ==(o)
   end
 
   def to_s
-    s = String.new
+    s = ''.dup
     format(nil, s)
     s
   end

lib/puppet/pops/serialization/json_path.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module JsonPath
   #
   # @api private
   def self.to_json_path(path)
-    p = String.new('$')
+    p = '$'.dup
     path.each do |seg|
       if seg.nil?
         p << '[null]'

lib/puppet/pops/time/timespan.rb

@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ def initialize(format, segments)
       end
 
       def format(timespan)
-        bld = String.new(timespan.negative? ? '-' : '')
+        bld = timespan.negative? ? '-'.dup : ''.dup
         @segments.each { |segment| segment.append_to(bld, timespan) }
         bld
       end
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ def regexp
       end
 
       def build_regexp
-        bld = String.new('\A-?')
+        bld = '\A-?'.dup
         @segments.each { |segment| segment.append_regexp(bld) }
         bld << '\z'
         Regexp.new(bld)
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ def bad_format_specifier(format, start, position)
 
       def append_literal(bld, codepoint)
         if bld.empty? || !bld.last.is_a?(Format::LiteralSegment)
-          bld << Format::LiteralSegment.new(String.new.concat(codepoint))
+          bld << Format::LiteralSegment.new(''.dup.concat(codepoint))
         else
           bld.last.concat(codepoint)
         end

lib/puppet/pops/types/ruby_generator.rb

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def create_class(obj)
       if cls.nil?
         rp = key.resolved_parent
         parent_class = rp.is_a?(PObjectType) ? rp.implementation_class : Object
-        class_def = String.new
+        class_def = ''.dup
         class_body(key, EMPTY_ARRAY, class_def)
         cls = Class.new(parent_class)
         cls.class_eval(class_def)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def module_definition(types, comment, *impl_subst)
     end
 
     # Create class definition of all contained types
-    bld = String.new
+    bld = ''.dup
     start_module(common_prefix, comment, bld)
     class_names = []
     names_by_prefix.each_pair do |seg_array, index_and_name_array|

lib/puppet/pops/types/string_converter.rb

@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ def string_PBooleanType(val_type, val, format_map, indentation)
   # Performs post-processing of literals to apply width and precision flags
   def apply_string_flags(f, literal_str)
     if f.left || f.width || f.prec
-      fmt = String.new('%')
+      fmt = '%'.dup
       fmt << '-' if f.left
       fmt << f.width.to_s if f.width
       fmt << '.' << f.prec.to_s if f.prec
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ def puppet_quote(str, enforce_double_quotes = false)
     end
 
     # Assume that the string can be single quoted
-    bld = String.new('\'')
+    bld = "'".dup
     bld.force_encoding(str.encoding)
     escaped = false
     str.each_codepoint do |codepoint|
@@ -879,12 +879,12 @@ def puppet_quote(str, enforce_double_quotes = false)
     # If string ended with a backslash, then that backslash must be escaped
     bld << 0x5c if escaped
 
-    bld << '\''
+    bld << "'"
     bld
   end
 
   def puppet_double_quote(str)
-    bld = String.new('"')
+    bld = '"'.dup
     str.each_codepoint do |codepoint|
       case codepoint
       when 0x09
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ def string_PArrayType(val_type, val, format_map, indentation)
 
     case format.format
     when :a, :s, :p
-      buf = String.new
+      buf = ''.dup
       if indentation.breaks?
         buf << "\n"
         buf << indentation.padding
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ def string_PHashType(val_type, val, format_map, indentation)
 
     when :h, :s, :p
       indentation = indentation.indenting(format.alt? || indentation.is_indenting?)
-      buf = String.new
+      buf = ''.dup
       if indentation.breaks?
         buf << "\n"
         buf << indentation.padding

lib/puppet/pops/types/type_formatter.rb

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def ruby(ref_ctor)
   # @api public
   #
   def string(t)
-    @bld = String.new
+    @bld = ''.dup
     append_string(t)
     @bld
   end
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def string(t)
   #
   # @api public
   def indented_string(t, indent = 0, indent_width = 2)
-    @bld = String.new
+    @bld = ''.dup
     append_indented_string(t, indent, indent_width)
     @bld
   end

lib/puppet/pops/types/types.rb

@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ def self.append_flags_group(rx_string, options)
     if options == 0
       rx_string
     else
-      bld = String.new('(?')
+      bld = '(?'.dup
       bld << 'i' if (options & Regexp::IGNORECASE) != 0
       bld << 'm' if (options & Regexp::MULTILINE) != 0
       bld << 'x' if (options & Regexp::EXTENDED) != 0