From: "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>
Date: 2005-07-19T00:22:42+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 26385-26467

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, SASADA Koichi wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is ruby-dev summary 26385-26467.
>
> [ruby-dev:26421] Subversion
>
> Shugo Maeda proposed that we should use Subversion instead of CVS on the
> Ruby development. This proposal was posted to ruby-core too.
>
>  http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5296
>
> Most Japanese developers accepted it.  Matz accepted it if there is a
> tool corresponds to pcl-cvs.  Kouhei Sutou created a test repository on
> Subverion (*1) which imported current Ruby CVS repository.  Akira Tanaka
> suggested that annotate (blame) function on Subversion is too slow in
> comparison with CVS.
>
> *1) http://www.cozmixng.org/repos/ruby-svn/
>    [ruby-core:5374] Subversion repository for tests
>    http://www.ruby-talk.org/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5374
>
> This issue is still open.
>
>
> [ruby-dev:26463] String#each_byte and String#each_char
>
> NARUSE, Yui proposed that Ruby HEAD should include following functions.
>
> 1)  String#each_byte (without block) #=> Array
>    It's same function as "'string'.unpack('C*')".
> 2)  String#each_char (without block) #=> Array
> 3)  String#each_char (with block)    #=> str
>    String#each_char is same as "'string'.split(//).each".
>
> Matz rejected (1) and (2), because it's not feature for "each". He
> agreed to import these method if there are any suitable name.
>
> And Matz accepted String#each_char (with block).
>
> Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA suggested "collect_byte" for this method.
>
> This issue is still open.


   String#bytes

   String#chars

??

-a
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