ruby/rubygems · error · ArgumentError

Expected 2 ints

Error message

Expected 2 ints

What it means

Error "Expected 2 ints" thrown in ruby/rubygems.

Source

Thrown at lib/rubygems/safe_marshal/visitors/to_ruby.rb:304

      end

      def resolve_class(n)
        @class_cache[n] ||= begin
          to_s = resolve_symbol_name(n)
          raise UnpermittedClassError.new(name: to_s, stack: formatted_stack) unless @permitted_classes.include?(to_s)
          visit_symbol_type(n)
          begin
            ::Object.const_get(to_s)
          rescue NameError
            raise ArgumentError, "Undefined class #{to_s.inspect}"
          end
        end
      end

      class RationalCompat
        def marshal_load(s)
          num, den = s
          raise ArgumentError, "Expected 2 ints" unless s.size == 2 && num.is_a?(Integer) && den.is_a?(Integer)
          Rational(num, den)
        end
      end
      private_constant :RationalCompat

      COMPAT_CLASSES = {}.tap do |h|
        h[Rational] = RationalCompat
      end.compare_by_identity.freeze
      private_constant :COMPAT_CLASSES

      def resolve_ivar(klass, name)
        to_s = resolve_symbol_name(name)

        raise UnpermittedIvarError.new(symbol: to_s, klass: klass, stack: formatted_stack) unless @permitted_ivars.fetch(klass.name, [].freeze).include?(to_s)

        visit_symbol_type(name)
      end

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Solutions

1. The marshal data is corrupt (rational/complex structure incomplete); re-download the gem

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/rubygems/safe_marshal/visitors/to_ruby.rb:304 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of ruby/rubygems@86cbb817a3 (2026-08-23). Data as JSON: /api/errors/02e8f3acf387c74c. Report an issue: GitHub.