[#8484] strptime fails to properly parse certain inputs — <noreply@...>

Bugs item #5263, was opened at 2006-08-01 23:14

13 messages 2006/08/02
[#8485] Re: [ ruby-Bugs-5263 ] strptime fails to properly parse certain inputs — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2006/08/02

Hi,

[#8538] Re: [ ruby-Bugs-5263 ] strptime fails to properly parse certain inputs — nobu@... 2006/08/06

Hi,

[#8561] sandbox timers & block scopes — why the lucky stiff <ruby-core@...>

Two puzzles I am trying to solve:

28 messages 2006/08/08
[#8624] Re: sandbox timers & block scopes — why the lucky stiff <ruby-core@...> 2006/08/15

raise ThisDecayingInquisition, "anyone? anyone at all?"

[#8627] Re: sandbox timers & block scopes — MenTaLguY <mental@...> 2006/08/15

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 00:35 +0900, why the lucky stiff wrote:

[#8628] Re: sandbox timers & block scopes — why the lucky stiff <ruby-core@...> 2006/08/15

On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 02:46:30AM +0900, MenTaLguY wrote:

[#8629] Re: sandbox timers & block scopes — "Charles O Nutter" <headius@...> 2006/08/15

On 8/15/06, why the lucky stiff <ruby-core@whytheluckystiff.net> wrote:

[#8690] a ruby-core primer — why the lucky stiff <ruby-core@...>

Hello, all. I've been working on the ruby-core page for the new Ruby site.

21 messages 2006/08/22

Re: doc patch: weakref.

From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-08-02 18:23:37 UTC
List: ruby-core #8495
On Aug 2, 2006, at 2:53 AM, Hugh Sasse wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Eric Hodel wrote:
>> On Aug 1, 2006, at 2:13 AM, Hugh Sasse wrote:
>>> It's a method ending in ? so we know it is a boolean. You text has
>>> an implicit not in there i.e. "returns false if [...] garbage  
>>> collected,
>>> [returns true if it has not]"  which I think is less clear, because
>>> it is the opposite sense to what the method name says.
>>
>> I feel my description makes it most clear which states return  
>> which result.
>
> OK, what about:
>
>    # Returns true if the referenced object still exists, and
>    # false if it has been garbage collected.
>
> then?

I like it.

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