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Letter S and others is slow showing in console IRB when switching lower and uppercase

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by reproducing the delay in the IRB console on Windows 11 with Ruby 3.1.2 and rdbg 1.6.2, switching letters between uppercase and lowercase. Compare the affected letters and confirm completion when typing no longer pauses for about two seconds.

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Description

Windows 11

  • ruby 3.1.2:
  • `rdbg 1.6.2:

Describe the bug
in IRB console when typing letter of S switching from uppercase to lowercase is so slow, it's make typo. It need time estimated 2 second to type again the letter. I try another letter is also same case as letter S

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