Re: Proposed patch to add SSL support to net/pop.rb

> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:24:17 +0900, Daniel Hobe wrote:
>> I agree that there are a lot of arguments to #start, but I think it is
>> the best way.  I looked at https.rb and imap.rb and I think the way that
>> imap.rb implements this is the best way for pop.  I felt that adding SSL
>> this way was the least invasive and kept the ability to do things like
>> this:
>>
>> Net::POP3.start(args...,usessl=true) { |pop|
>> do stuff
>> }
>>
>>
>> Since people can do this now (without SSL), I wanted to add the ability
>> to have the same code but add SSL support.  I also don't think people
>> should have to create ssl contexts to use ssl, that should all be hidden
>> away.
>
> What about:
>
> Net::POP3.start(address, port, account, password, isapop = false) { |pop|
> ... }
> Net::POP3.start_with_ssl(address, port, account, password, certs, verify,
> isapop = false) { |pop| ... }

That might work.

What about the case where I want a client that can do either POP or POP
over SSL depending on a users input?  In the first case I just set usessl
= true and pass that to #start.  In this case I have to call a whole
separate method.  This seems less elegant to me.


> -austin
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> austin ziegler    * [e-mail] * Toronto, ON, Canada
> software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.03.30
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Daniel Hobe <[e-mail]>