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[#32703] Re: VC++ embedded rubygems gives NoMethodError undefined method `synchronize' for Mutex
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On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 03:42:02AM +0900, Luis Lavena wrote:
[ruby-core:32853] [Ruby 1.9-Bug#3968][Open] Documentation submission: DBM standard library
From:
mathew murphy <redmine@...>
Date:
2010-10-19 23:33:38 UTC
List:
ruby-core #32853
Bug #3968: Documentation submission: DBM standard library http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3968 Author: mathew murphy Status: Open, Priority: Normal Category: DOC ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [i686-linux] I recently needed to use the dbm library, and it seemed to be completely undocumented, so I've written some documentation for it. Attached is a patch against the current SVN trunk. No changes to code, only comments for rdoc. ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org
Attachments (1)
dbm-docs.diff
(11 KB, text/x-diff)
Index: dbm.c
===================================================================
--- dbm.c (revision 29536)
+++ dbm.c (working copy)
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
DBM *di_dbm;
};
+/* call-seq: closed?
+ *
+ * Returns true if the database is closed, false otherwise.
+ */
static void
closed_dbm(void)
{
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@
}
}
+/* Closes the database. */
static VALUE
fdbm_close(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -88,6 +93,17 @@
return Data_Wrap_Struct(klass, 0, free_dbm, 0);
}
+/* call-seq: new(filename, mode, flags) -> DBM
+ *
+ * Open a dbm database with the specified name, which can include a directory
+ * path. Any file extensions needed will be supplied automatically by the dbm
+ * library. For example, Berkeley DB appends '.db', and GNU gdbm uses two
+ * physical files with extensions '.dir' and '.pag'.
+ *
+ * The mode should be an integer, as for Unix chmod.
+ *
+ * Flags should be one of READER, WRITER, WRCREAT or NEWDB.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
@@ -142,6 +158,9 @@
return obj;
}
+/*
+ * Alias for new()
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_s_open(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
@@ -179,12 +198,21 @@
return rb_tainted_str_new(value.dptr, value.dsize);
}
+/* call-seq: hash[key] -> value
+ *
+ * Alias for fetch()
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_aref(VALUE obj, VALUE keystr)
{
return fdbm_fetch(obj, keystr, Qnil);
}
+/* call-seq: fetch(key) -> string value or nil
+ *
+ * Return a value from the database by locating the key string provided.
+ * If the key is not found, returns nil.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_fetch_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
@@ -198,6 +226,10 @@
return valstr;
}
+/* call-seq: key(value) -> string
+ *
+ * Returns the key for the specified value.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_key(VALUE obj, VALUE valstr)
{
@@ -227,6 +259,11 @@
return fdbm_key(hash, value);
}
+/* call-seq: select {|key, value| block} -> array
+ *
+ * Returns a new array consisting of the [key, value] pairs for which the code
+ * block returns true.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_select(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -251,6 +288,11 @@
return new;
}
+/* call-seq:
+ * values_at(key, ...) -> Array
+ *
+ * Returns an array containing the values associated with the given keys.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_values_at(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
@@ -271,6 +313,10 @@
if (OBJ_FROZEN(obj)) rb_error_frozen("DBM");
}
+/* call-seq: delete(key)
+ *
+ * Deletes an entry from the database.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_delete(VALUE obj, VALUE keystr)
{
@@ -305,6 +351,12 @@
return valstr;
}
+/* call-seq: shift() -> [key, value]
+ *
+ * Removes a [key, value] pair from the database, and returns it.
+ * If the database is empty, returns nil.
+ * The order in which values are removed/returned is not guaranteed.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_shift(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -327,6 +379,14 @@
return rb_assoc_new(keystr, valstr);
}
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ * hash.reject! {|key, value| block} -> self
+ * hash.delete_if {|key, value| block} -> self
+ *
+ * Deletes all entries for which the code block returns true.
+ * Returns self.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_delete_if(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -368,6 +428,7 @@
return obj;
}
+/* Deletes all data from the database. */
static VALUE
fdbm_clear(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -388,6 +449,9 @@
return obj;
}
+/* Returns a Hash (not a DBM database) created by using each value in the
+ * database as a key, with the corresponding key as its value.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_invert(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -407,6 +471,10 @@
return hash;
}
+/* call-seq: hash[key] = value
+ *
+ * Alias for store()
+ */
static VALUE fdbm_store(VALUE,VALUE,VALUE);
static VALUE
@@ -420,6 +488,12 @@
return Qnil;
}
+/* call-seq: update(obj)
+ *
+ * Updates the database with multiple values from the specified object.
+ * Takes any object which implements the each_pair method, including
+ * Hash and DBM objects.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_update(VALUE obj, VALUE other)
{
@@ -427,6 +501,12 @@
return obj;
}
+/* call-seq: replace(obj)
+ *
+ * Replaces the contents of the database with the contents of the specified
+ * object. Takes any object which implements the each_pair method, including
+ * Hash and DBM objects.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_replace(VALUE obj, VALUE other)
{
@@ -435,6 +515,11 @@
return obj;
}
+/* call-seq: store(key, value)
+ *
+ * Stores the specified string value in the database, indexed via the
+ * string key provided.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_store(VALUE obj, VALUE keystr, VALUE valstr)
{
@@ -465,6 +550,7 @@
return valstr;
}
+/* Returns the number of entries in the database. */
static VALUE
fdbm_length(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -484,6 +570,10 @@
return INT2FIX(i);
}
+/* call-seq: empty?
+ *
+ * Returns true if the database is empty, false otherwise.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_empty_p(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -507,6 +597,10 @@
return Qfalse;
}
+/* call-seq: each_value {|value| block} -> self
+ *
+ * Calls the block once for each value string in the database. Returns self.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_each_value(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -525,6 +619,10 @@
return obj;
}
+/* call-seq: each_key {|key| block} -> self
+ *
+ * Calls the block once for each key string in the database. Returns self.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_each_key(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -542,6 +640,11 @@
return obj;
}
+/* call-seq: each_pair {|key,value| block} -> self
+ *
+ * Calls the block once for each [key, value] pair in the database.
+ * Returns self.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_each_pair(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -565,6 +668,7 @@
return obj;
}
+/* Returns an array of all the string keys in the database. */
static VALUE
fdbm_keys(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -583,6 +687,7 @@
return ary;
}
+/* Returns an array of all the string values in the database. */
static VALUE
fdbm_values(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -601,6 +706,10 @@
return ary;
}
+/* call-seq: has_key?(key) -> boolean
+ *
+ * Returns true if the database contains the specified key, false otherwise.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_has_key(VALUE obj, VALUE keystr)
{
@@ -618,6 +727,11 @@
return Qfalse;
}
+/* call-seq: has_value?(value) -> boolean
+ *
+ * Returns true if the database contains the specified string value, false
+ * otherwise.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_has_value(VALUE obj, VALUE valstr)
{
@@ -639,6 +753,9 @@
return Qfalse;
}
+/* Converts the contents of the database to an array of [key, value] arrays,
+ * and returns it.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_to_a(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -658,6 +775,9 @@
return ary;
}
+/* Converts the contents of the database to an in-memory Hash object, and
+ * returns it.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_to_hash(VALUE obj)
{
@@ -677,16 +797,85 @@
return hash;
}
+/* call-seq: reject {|key,value| block} -> Hash
+ *
+ * Converts the contents of the database to an in-memory Hash, then calls
+ * Hash#reject with the specified code block, returning a new Hash.
+ */
static VALUE
fdbm_reject(VALUE obj)
{
return rb_hash_delete_if(fdbm_to_hash(obj));
}
+/* Written by nobu.
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Yukihiro Matsumoto.
+ * Documented by mathew meta@pobox.com.
+ *
+ * = Introduction
+ *
+ * The DBM class provides a wrapper to a Unix-style
+ * {dbm}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dbm] or Database Manager library.
+ *
+ * Dbm databases do not have tables or columns; they are simple key-value
+ * data stores, like a Ruby Hash except not resident in RAM. Keys and values
+ * must be strings.
+ *
+ * The exact library used depends on how Ruby was compiled. It could be any
+ * of the following:
+ *
+ * - {Berkeley DB}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_DB] versions
+ * 1 thru 5, also known as BDB and Sleepycat DB, now owned by Oracle
+ * Corporation.
+ * - ndbm, aka Berkeley DB 1.x, still found in FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
+ * - {gdbm}[http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/], the GNU implementation of dbm.
+ * - {qdbm}[http://fallabs.com/qdbm/index.html], another open source
+ * reimplementation of dbm.
+ *
+ * All of these dbm implementations have their own Ruby interfaces
+ * available, which provide richer (but varying) APIs.
+ *
+ * = Cautions
+ *
+ * Before you decide to use DBM, there are some issues you should consider:
+ *
+ * - Each implementation of dbm has its own file format. Generally, dbm
+ * libraries will not read each other's files. This makes dbm files
+ * a bad choice for data exchange.
+ *
+ * - Even running the same OS and the same dbm implementation, the database
+ * file format may depend on the CPU architecture. For example, files may
+ * not be portable between PowerPC and 386, or between 32 and 64 bit Linux.
+ *
+ * - Different versions of Berkeley DB use different file formats. A change to
+ * the OS may therefore break DBM access to existing files.
+ *
+ * - Data size limits vary between implementations. Original Berkeley DB was
+ * limited to 2GB of data. Dbm libraries also sometimes limit the total
+ * size of a key/value pair, and the total size of all the keys that hash
+ * to the same value. These limits can be as little as 512 bytes. That said,
+ * gdbm and recent versions of Berkeley DB do away with these limits.
+ *
+ * Given the above cautions, DBM is not a good choice for long term storage of
+ * important data. It is probably best used as a fast and easy alternative
+ * to a Hash for processing large amounts of data.
+ *
+ * = Example
+ *
+ * require 'dbm'
+ * db = DBM.open('rfcs', 666, DBM::CREATRW)
+ * db['822'] = 'Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages'
+ * db['1123'] = 'Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support'
+ * db['3068'] = 'An Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers'
+ * puts db['822']
+ */
void
Init_dbm(void)
{
rb_cDBM = rb_define_class("DBM", rb_cObject);
+ /* Document-class: DBMError
+ * Exception class used to return errors from the dbm library.
+ */
rb_eDBMError = rb_define_class("DBMError", rb_eStandardError);
rb_include_module(rb_cDBM, rb_mEnumerable);
@@ -733,13 +922,25 @@
rb_define_method(rb_cDBM, "to_a", fdbm_to_a, 0);
rb_define_method(rb_cDBM, "to_hash", fdbm_to_hash, 0);
- /* flags for dbm_open() */
+ /* Indicates that dbm_open() should open the database in read-only mode */
rb_define_const(rb_cDBM, "READER", INT2FIX(O_RDONLY|RUBY_DBM_RW_BIT));
+
+ /* Indicates that dbm_open() should open the database in read/write mode */
rb_define_const(rb_cDBM, "WRITER", INT2FIX(O_RDWR|RUBY_DBM_RW_BIT));
+
+ /* Indicates that dbm_open() should open the database in read/write mode,
+ * and create it if it does not already exist
+ */
rb_define_const(rb_cDBM, "WRCREAT", INT2FIX(O_RDWR|O_CREAT|RUBY_DBM_RW_BIT));
+
+ /* Indicates that dbm_open() should open the database in read/write mode,
+ * create it if it does not already exist, and delete all contents if it
+ * does already exist.
+ */
rb_define_const(rb_cDBM, "NEWDB", INT2FIX(O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|RUBY_DBM_RW_BIT));
#ifdef DB_VERSION_STRING
+ /* The version of the dbm library, if using Berkeley DB */
rb_define_const(rb_cDBM, "VERSION", rb_str_new2(DB_VERSION_STRING));
#else
rb_define_const(rb_cDBM, "VERSION", rb_str_new2("unknown"));