From: "MartinBosslet (Martin Bosslet)" Date: 2012-04-29T02:21:05+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:44741] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6361] Bitwise string operations Issue #6361 has been updated by MartinBosslet (Martin Bosslet). kosaki (Motohiro KOSAKI) wrote: > I don't dislike a bult-in idea. But you haven't show a detailed spec > and I don't think I clearly understand your idea. Can you spend a > few time for writing a spec? (probably rough a few line explanation > is enough) Yes, I thought about writing a proof of concept that could serve as the blueprint for further discussion. I just wanted to make sure first that there is a general interest and I also wanted to get your ideas and suggestions first :) Nobuyoshi's point is a very valid one, it helped me get a better view on the subject, and to rethink my own position. (More on that below) ---------------------------------------- Feature #6361: Bitwise string operations https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6361#change-26305 Author: MartinBosslet (Martin Bosslet) Status: Feedback Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: core Target version: I know this has been discussed a lot in the past (and if there's still an open issue for this, I apologize, I couldn't find one), for example in [1]. While it is generally no problem to implement this on the fly, I still find that built-in support would be a real improvement. There are quite some use cases in cryptography where this would come in very handy, but I'm sure there are lots of other areas, too. While of course I understand the reasons that were given in the previous threads that ultimately lead to rejection, I still would like to reopen the discussion as I felt that in every thread so far the consensus was that having bitwise string operations would indeed be quite valuable. [1] http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/34586 -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/