From: Kazuo Ishii Date: 2010-03-09T01:17:24+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:28564] Re: [Feature #1081] add File::write() convenience method 2010/3/8, Yusuke ENDOH : > Hi, > > 2010/3/6 Run Paint Run Run : >>> I give up. I have already reverted and deleted the two methods. >>> >>> I wrote the patch because I thought closing the ticket encourages 1.9.2 >>> release. >>> But it seems to take some time to make the feature stable, and I became >>> afraid that it may delay the release. ?It is never the effect I expected. >>> >>> I think refactoring io.c is needed to implement the feature. >>> open argument is easy to use, but difficult for me to implement :-( >> >> Why don't we just start simple? > > Because there are already complex File.read/binread. > It is confusing to make File.write/binwrite inconsistent with them. > > >> That covers the common use case which inspired >> this ticket, and allows the optional arguments to be added later >> without breaking compatibility. > > There is no reason to rush into 1.9.2. > > -- > Yusuke ENDOH > > -- Kazuo Ishii, Ph.D. Bioinformatics Specialist Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E. Superior Street, Lurie 5-129, Chicago, IL 60611, USA, Phone; 1-312-503-1186 Intelligent BIO-IT International, freeparis2@gmail.com