Issue #20593 has been reported by byroot (Jean Boussier). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20593: `Kernel#format` emits a `too many arguments for format string` warning when called with keyword arguments and none are used https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20593 * Author: byroot (Jean Boussier) * Status: Open * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- `Kernel#format` emits a warning when too many arguments are passed. It does so for postional arguments, which make sense, as it could be indicative of a bug: ```ruby $VERBOSE = true format("%s", 1, 2) # warning: too many arguments for format string ``` And doesn't for keyword arguments, as it's much less likely to be a bug: ```ruby $VERBOSE = true format("%{a}s", a: 1, unused: 2) # no warning ``` However it does emit a warning when passing keyword arguments, if none are used: ```ruby $VERBOSE = true format("test", unused: 2) # warning: too many arguments for format string ``` Which I believe is a bug, as it's common for `format` to take a user provided string to allow for safe interpolation, but with no intention to enforce any of the arguments to be interpolated. So I think that last case shouldn't emit a warning. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/