From: eregontp@... Date: 2020-03-29T15:14:26+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:97616] [Ruby master Feature#16742] RbConfig.windows? and RbConfig.host_os Issue #16742 has been reported by Eregon (Benoit Daloze). ---------------------------------------- Feature #16742: RbConfig.windows? and RbConfig.host_os https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16742 * Author: Eregon (Benoit Daloze) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- I think adding these two methods would greatly clarify platform checks: ``` RbConfig.windows? # obvious, much clearer than RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /(mswin|mingw|...)/ RbConfig.host_os # same as RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'], but much shorter ``` `RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os']` is too long and feels like digging in the internals even though it's such a simple thing to query. For comparison, there is already a `RbConfig.ruby` method on `RbConfig`, which helps avoiding the boilerplate to access RbConfig::CONFIG manually. Thoughts? -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: