[#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

15 messages 2004/02/12

[#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: "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nahi@...>
Date: 2004-02-13 12:34:37 UTC
List: ruby-core #2435
Hi,

> From: "Sean E. Russell" <ser@germane-software.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:16 PM

> > From my experience, for good development, library user
> > should read the source instead of per method document
> > (and library developer should aware of it).
> 
> In my experience, I'd say that this means you've either
> (a) never used a library that had good documentation, or
> (b) never used a large library, or a large number of
> libraries in one project.

We seems to live in different world.

I'm always working on C++/Java 100kloc - 300kloc over project
in my Company.  JDK is well documented, but I always check
the source.

Your point of view works well for not reliable projects,
but it could not be enough reliable for some project.

Regards,
// NaHi


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