From: Kent Sibilev <ksruby@...>
Date: 2006-08-23T02:49:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Another ri problem (ruby_1_8 branch)

On 8/22/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
> On Aug 21, 2006, at 10:47 PM, Kent Sibilev wrote:
> > On 8/15/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
> >> On Aug 12, 2006, at 11:45 PM, Kent Sibilev wrote:
> >>
> >> > I've noticed that many builtin Ruby classes don't have
> >> descriptions:
> >> >
> >> > $ ri --system String -T | head -10
> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- Class:
> >> > String
> >> >     (no description...)
> >> >
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> -
> >> > --
> >>
> >> Fixed.
> >>
> >
> > Not quite:
> >
> > $ ri --system Dir | head
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > Class: Dir
> >     tmpdir - retrieve temporary directory path
> >
> >     $Id: tmpdir.rb,v 1.5.2.1 2005/12/15 15:57:05 matz Exp $
>
> I don't know if I can fix this one this close to 1.8 either.  I think
> there is a patch posted here that will fix it, but I am not sure.
>
> --
> Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net
> This implementation is HODEL-HASH-9600 compliant
>
> http://trackmap.robotcoop.com
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>
>

From my prospective, this is a showstopper.

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Kent
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