From: leon breedt <bitserf@...>
Date: 2004-11-15T14:03:51+09:00
Subject: ruby extension best practices

hi,

i am about to create an extension for a third party API (API is pretty
consistent), was wondering what the best practices are.

are there tools for generating the glue for methods on classes i
create to wrap the various abstractions?

is there something like Pyrex for Ruby? (google didn't really come up
with anything conclusive).

what is the most "modern" way of creating extensions without making
too much work for myself such that it is difficult to maintain?

when is it a good idea to use Ruby/DL and when not?

thanks
leon