[#28015] RCR: RUBY_VERSION_INT — Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...>

Situation:

14 messages 2010/02/02

[#28113] [Bug #2723] $: length affects re-require time of already loaded files — Greg Hazel <redmine@...>

Bug #2723: $: length affects re-require time of already loaded files

16 messages 2010/02/08

[#28151] [Bug #2739] ruby 1.8.7 built with pthreads hangs under some circumstances — Joel Ebel <redmine@...>

Bug #2739: ruby 1.8.7 built with pthreads hangs under some circumstances

31 messages 2010/02/11

[#28188] [Bug #2750] build fails on win32/MinGW: "executable host ruby is required." even when --with-baseruby is used — Christian Bodt <redmine@...>

Bug #2750: build fails on win32/MinGW: "executable host ruby is required." even when --with-baseruby is used

9 messages 2010/02/16

[#28206] Is Math module a wrapper of libm? — Yusuke ENDOH <mame@...>

Hi matz --

23 messages 2010/02/18
[#28212] Re: Is Math module a wrapper of libm? — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2010/02/18

Hi,

[#28219] Re: Is Math module a wrapper of libm? — Yusuke ENDOH <mame@...> 2010/02/18

Hi,

[#28225] Re: Is Math module a wrapper of libm? — Marc-Andre Lafortune <ruby-core-mailing-list@...> 2010/02/18

Hi,

[#28233] Re: Is Math module a wrapper of libm? — Kenta Murata <muraken@...> 2010/02/18

Hi,

[#28265] Re: Is Math module a wrapper of libm? — Marc-Andre Lafortune <ruby-core-mailing-list@...> 2010/02/20

Hi,

[#28286] Re: Is Math module a wrapper of libm? — Kenta Murata <muraken@...> 2010/02/21

Hi

[#28291] Re: Is Math module a wrapper of libm? — Marc-Andre Lafortune <ruby-core-mailing-list@...> 2010/02/22

Hi!

[#28235] [Feature #2759] Regexp /g and /G options — Michael Fellinger <redmine@...>

Feature #2759: Regexp /g and /G options

35 messages 2010/02/18

[#28329] [ANN] Ruby 1.9.2dev has passed RubySpec! — Yusuke ENDOH <mame@...>

Hi,

12 messages 2010/02/24

[#28355] [ANN] Toward rich diversity of Ruby development. — Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@...>

A short announcement: thanks to some helps of GitHub people, I now have

12 messages 2010/02/27

[#28365] Indentifying key MRI-on-Windows issues — Jon <jon.forums@...>

In an effort to begin summarizing key MRI-on-Windows open issues I'm starting this thread in hopes that those interested will respond with details on the key MRI issues they feel need resolution for Windows users.

11 messages 2010/02/27
[#28690] Re: Indentifying key MRI-on-Windows issues — Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...> 2010/03/16

> My key concern is http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-=

[ruby-core:28158] Documentation for const_missing

From: Kornelius Kalnbach <murphy@...>
Date: 2010-02-12 17:29:12 UTC
List: ruby-core #28158
Hello!

I came upon this while answering Yehuda's const_missing proposal. The
current documentation for the method seems odd. Can we rewrite the
following rant in the documentation of const_missing?

     [...] The following code is a (very
     bad) example: if reference is made to an undefined constant, it
     attempts to load a file whose name is the lowercase version of the
     constant (thus class +Fred+ is assumed to be in file +fred.rb+). If
     found, it returns the value of the loaded class. It therefore
     implements a perverse kind of autoload facility.

It's not perverse, it's useful. If it really was a bad code example, it
should not be in the documentation at all (unless we want to say that
using const_missing is generally discouraged?). So, here's a more
neutral version, removing "(very bad)" and "perverse".

Patch attached (for trunk); earlier Ruby versions are affected as well.
[murphy]

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const_missing_doc.diff (971 Bytes, text/x-diff)
Index: variable.c
===================================================================
--- variable.c	(revision 26631)
+++ variable.c	(working copy)
@@ -1368,12 +1368,12 @@
  *  Invoked when a reference is made to an undefined constant in
  *  <i>mod</i>. It is passed a symbol for the undefined constant, and
  *  returns a value to be used for that constant. The
- *  following code is a (very bad) example: if reference is made to
+ *  following code is an example: if reference is made to
  *  an undefined constant, it attempts to load a file whose name is
  *  the lowercase version of the constant (thus class <code>Fred</code> is
  *  assumed to be in file <code>fred.rb</code>). If found, it returns the
- *  value of the loaded class. It therefore implements a perverse
- *  kind of autoload facility.
+ *  value of the loaded class. It therefore implements a kind of autoload
+ *  facility.
  *
  *    def Object.const_missing(name)
  *      @looked_for ||= {}

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