From: James Britt Date: 2005-09-07T11:30:29+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] Rio 0.3.4 rio4ruby wrote: > New and Improved -- Rio 0.3.4 > > == Overview > > Rio is a Ruby I/O convenience class wrapping much of the functionality > of IO, File and Dir. Rio also uses FileUtils, Tempfile, StringIO, > OpenURI, Zlib, and CSV to provide similar functionality using a simple > consistent interface. In addition to forwarding the interfaces > provided by IO, File, and Dir to an appropriate object, Rio provides a > "grande" interface that allows many common application-level I/O and > file-system tasks to be expressed succinctly. > > == SYNOPSIS > This looks super sweet. My teeth hurt! I also want to say that your announcement, with all the examples, as well as those by Ara T. Howard (see his Traits release announcements), are exemplary. Really great! Thanks, James -- http://www.ruby-doc.org - The Ruby Documentation Site http://www.rubyxml.com - News, Articles, and Listings for Ruby & XML http://www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff http://www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys