fix: Remove invalid prereq check_variation_range check (#261)

When parsing flag payload information, the SDK attempts to pre-check
several failure conditions. One of those conditions was to ensure that a
provided prereq has a valid variation index.

However, the system cannot actually perform this check at parse time
since the prerequisite flag might not have been parsed yet.

As this check served only as a nice to have, I have removed it and added
a test verifying the prereq behavior still operates as expected.

Fixes #260

Author: keelerm84

lib/ldclient-rb/impl/model/feature_flag.rb

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def initialize(data, logger = nil)
           @off_variation = data[:offVariation]
           check_variation_range(self, errors, @off_variation, "off variation")
           @prerequisites = (data[:prerequisites] || []).map do |prereq_data|
-            Prerequisite.new(prereq_data, self, errors)
+            Prerequisite.new(prereq_data, self)
           end
           @targets = (data[:targets] || []).map do |target_data|
             Target.new(target_data, self, errors)
@@ -108,13 +108,12 @@ def to_json(*a)
       end
 
       class Prerequisite
-        def initialize(data, flag, errors_out = nil)
+        def initialize(data, flag)
           @data = data
           @key = data[:key]
           @variation = data[:variation]
           @failure_result = EvaluatorHelpers.evaluation_detail_for_off_variation(flag,
             EvaluationReason::prerequisite_failed(@key))
-          check_variation_range(flag, errors_out, @variation, "prerequisite")
         end
 
         # @return [Hash]

spec/impl/evaluator_prereq_spec.rb

@@ -42,6 +42,38 @@ module Impl
         expect(result2.detail).to be result1.detail
       end
 
+      it "returns off variation and event if prereq condition is invalid" do
+        flag = Flags.from_hash(
+          {
+            key: 'feature0',
+            on: true,
+            prerequisites: [{ key: 'feature1', variation: 2 }], # there are only 2 variations, so variation index 2 is invalid
+            fallthrough: { variation: 0 },
+            offVariation: 1,
+            variations: %w[a b c],
+            version: 1,
+          }
+        )
+        flag1 = Flags.from_hash(
+          {
+            key: 'feature1',
+            on: true,
+            fallthrough: { variation: 0 },
+            variations: %w[d e],
+            version: 2,
+          }
+        )
+        context = LDContext.create({ key: 'x' })
+        detail = EvaluationDetail.new('b', 1, EvaluationReason::prerequisite_failed('feature1'))
+        expected_prereqs = [
+          PrerequisiteEvalRecord.new(flag1, flag, EvaluationDetail.new('d', 0, EvaluationReason::fallthrough())),
+        ]
+        e = EvaluatorBuilder.new(logger).with_flag(flag1).with_unknown_flag('feature2').build
+        result = e.evaluate(flag, context)
+        expect(result.detail).to eq(detail)
+        expect(result.prereq_evals).to eq(expected_prereqs)
+      end
+
       it "returns off variation and event if prerequisite of a prerequisite is not found" do
         flag = Flags.from_hash(
           {