From: Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@...>
Date: 2005-05-06T01:52:09+09:00
Subject: Re: object reference handle (like perl's reference to scalar)

--- Florian Gro� <florgro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Eric Mahurin wrote:
> 
> > Below is what I think is a general purpose solution to
> making
> > references.  I provide several ways to do it.  Here is an
> > example:
> > 
> > a = (0..5).to_a               -> [0,1,2,3,4,5]
> > w = ref{"a[2..4]"}            # uses eval
> > x = a.ref[2..4]               # uses [] and []= methods
> > y = a.ref("[]","[]=",2..4)    # specify methods manually
> > z = a.ref(["[]",2..4],["[]=",2..4]) # unique args to
> get/set
> > [...]
> 
> This looks very interesting, if only from the toying
> standpoint. Any 
> chance of you pushing this a bit with a RubyForge project and
> a gem release?

I just registered this under the name "reference".  I also just
registered 2 other things I'm doing "grammar", and "cursor". 
Hopefully it'll all be approved.  This is my first try on
rubyforge.  I put my previous thing on RAA (called syntax) and
am splitting it into "grammar" and "cursor".




		
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