From: Jim Freeze <jimfreeze@...>
Date: 2008-10-14T04:14:23+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:19318] Re: [Feature #643] __DIR__

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:27 , Thomas Sawyer wrote:
>
>>  __DIR__
>>
>> This will improve readability, remove the need for extra variables to
>> store this information, and at the very least, save us a good many
>> keystrokes.
>
> yes.
>
> I frequently need to do:
>
>  File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__))
>
> so I'd like
>
>  __DIRDIR__
>
> can we also have
>
>  __DIRDIRDIR__
>
> while you're in there?

No, no, no Ryan. You have it all wrong.
It should be __DIR__, __PDIR__, __PPDIR__, __PP...DIR__, where 'P'
stands for parent.
That will save more much more typing and is more clear.


-- 
Jim Freeze