[#2367] Standard libraries — Dave Thomas <dave@...>

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60 messages 2004/02/11

[#2397] PATCH: deprecate cgi-lib, getopts, importenv, parsearg from standard library — Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>

Index: cgi-lib.rb

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[#2465] PATCH: OpenStruct#initialize to yield self — Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>

This is a common approach I use to object initialization; I don't know

24 messages 2004/02/19

Re: Standard libraries

From: Chad Fowler <chad@...>
Date: 2004-02-11 21:08:06 UTC
List: ruby-core #2370
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Dave Thomas wrote:

# >
# >   * need
# >   * maturity
# >   * maintainer
# >
# 
# I'd like to propose two more criteria.
# 
# 1. Nothing new gets added without complete documentation
# 2. For every library that gets added, another existing library should 
# be removed (using deprecation initially, but actually removed 
# eventually).
# 
# If we have a problem with Ruby right now, it's that we're bulking up 
# with code that no one knows exists/how to use.


Very much agreed.  I would add "decent set of unit tests" to the list.

Chad


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