[#27380] [Bug #2553] Fix pthreads slowness by eliminating unnecessary sigprocmask calls — Dan Peterson <redmine@...>

Bug #2553: Fix pthreads slowness by eliminating unnecessary sigprocmask calls

21 messages 2010/01/03

[#27437] [Feature #2561] 1.8.7 Patch reduces time cost of Rational operations by 50%. — Kurt Stephens <redmine@...>

Feature #2561: 1.8.7 Patch reduces time cost of Rational operations by 50%.

9 messages 2010/01/06

[#27447] [Bug #2564] [patch] re-initialize timer_thread_{lock,cond} after fork — Aliaksey Kandratsenka <redmine@...>

Bug #2564: [patch] re-initialize timer_thread_{lock,cond} after fork

18 messages 2010/01/06

[#27635] [Bug #2619] Proposed method: Process.fork_supported? — Hongli Lai <redmine@...>

Bug #2619: Proposed method: Process.fork_supported?

45 messages 2010/01/20
[#27643] [Feature #2619] Proposed method: Process.fork_supported? — Luis Lavena <redmine@...> 2010/01/21

Issue #2619 has been updated by Luis Lavena.

[#27678] Re: [Feature #2619] Proposed method: Process.fork_supported? — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2010/01/22

Hi,

[#27684] Re: [Feature #2619] Proposed method: Process.fork_supported? — Charles Oliver Nutter <headius@...> 2010/01/22

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> w=

[#27708] Re: [Feature #2619] Proposed method: Process.fork_supported? — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2010/01/22

Hi,

[#27646] Re: [Bug #2619] Proposed method: Process.fork_supported? — Tanaka Akira <akr@...> 2010/01/21

2010/1/21 Hongli Lai <redmine@ruby-lang.org>:

[#27652] Re: [Bug #2619] Proposed method: Process.fork_supported? — Hongli Lai <hongli@...99.net> 2010/01/21

On 1/21/10 5:20 AM, Tanaka Akira wrote:

[#27653] Re: [Bug #2619] Proposed method: Process.fork_supported? — Tanaka Akira <akr@...> 2010/01/21

2010/1/21 Hongli Lai <hongli@plan99.net>:

[#27662] Re: [Bug #2619] Proposed method: Process.fork_supported? — Vladimir Sizikov <vsizikov@...> 2010/01/21

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Tanaka Akira <akr@fsij.org> wrote:

[#27698] [Bug #2629] ConditionVariable#wait(mutex, timeout) should return whether the condition was signalled, not the waited time — Hongli Lai <redmine@...>

Bug #2629: ConditionVariable#wait(mutex, timeout) should return whether the condition was signalled, not the waited time

8 messages 2010/01/22

[#27722] [Feature #2635] Unbundle rdoc — Yui NARUSE <redmine@...>

Feature #2635: Unbundle rdoc

14 messages 2010/01/23

[#27757] [Bug #2638] ruby-1.9.1-p37[68] build on aix5.3 with gcc-4.2 failed to run for me because it ignores where libgcc is located. — Joel Soete <redmine@...>

Bug #2638: ruby-1.9.1-p37[68] build on aix5.3 with gcc-4.2 failed to run for me because it ignores where libgcc is located.

10 messages 2010/01/24

[#27778] [Bug #2641] Seg fault running miniruby during ruby build on Haiku — Alexander von Gluck <redmine@...>

Bug #2641: Seg fault running miniruby during ruby build on Haiku

10 messages 2010/01/25

[#27791] [Bug #2644] memory over-allocation with regexp — Greg Hazel <redmine@...>

Bug #2644: memory over-allocation with regexp

12 messages 2010/01/25

[#27794] [Bug #2647] Lack of testing for String#split — Hugh Sasse <redmine@...>

Bug #2647: Lack of testing for String#split

14 messages 2010/01/25

[#27912] [Bug #2669] mkmf find_executable doesn't find .bat files — Roger Pack <redmine@...>

Bug #2669: mkmf find_executable doesn't find .bat files

11 messages 2010/01/27

[#27930] [Bug:trunk] some behavior changes of lib/csv.rb between 1.8 and 1.9 — Yusuke ENDOH <mame@...>

Hi jeg2, or anyone who knows the implementation of FasterCSV,

15 messages 2010/01/28
[#27931] Re: [Bug:trunk] some behavior changes of lib/csv.rb between 1.8 and 1.9 — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2010/01/28

On Jan 28, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Yusuke ENDOH wrote:

[ruby-core:27436] Re: [Feature #1082] add Object#singleton_class method

From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2010-01-06 01:56:50 UTC
List: ruby-core #27436
Hi --

On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: [ruby-core:27407] Re: [Feature #1082] add Object#singleton_class 	method"
>    on Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:26:41 +0900, Shugo Maeda <shugo@ruby-lang.org> writes:
>
> |I prefer singleton_class than eigenclass.  I suppose that "singleton
> |class" is not so confusing with a class which implements the Singleton
> |pattern because the word singleton remind Ruby users of singleton
> |methods rather than the Singleton pattern.
>
> Basically, I agree.  But I cannot deny the fact that we already have
> singleton.rb in the distribution, which provide Singleton class.  I
> confess I did.  Probably I shouldn't have.

I've heard lots of people say that the similarity of names presents a
problem, but I've seen no evidence that there's actually a problem.
I've only very, very rarely heard anyone express confusion, and the
confusion only lasts for about two seconds until the difference is
explained:

   Student: Is that related to the Singleton pattern?
   Me:      No, "singleton" here has to do with object-specific
            behavior in Ruby's object model. It's a different
 	   concept that happens to have a similar-sounding name.
   Student: Oh, OK.

And that's all there is to it (if even that much).


David

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