From: "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>
Date: 2005-09-22T04:20:13+09:00
Subject: Re: What to do with the snippets of code you always use?

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Damphyr wrote:

> I have a question on maintaining code.  While coding several scripts and a
> couple of libraries, I developed some snippets I keep using over and over.
> Things like a parseCommandline method with the standard switches I normally
> use to be extended for each script, a couple of methods that I always use to
> initialize Logger, stuff like that.  Mostly these form part of my idiomatic
> use of Ruby and I keep improving on them as I learn, so it makes sense to
> keep them separate as a library and version them for my own sake, but they
> do not form a releaseable library - everyone has his favorite idiom.  Now,
> as I said, I use these snippets everywhere, so obviously when I want to
> release something I need to include the "private" library.  Up until now, I
> was lumping all this code in a file together with the script/library that
> was the main subject.  What would be the best way to maintain the snippet
> code and use it all over?  I tend towards the solution of grabing the latest
> version of my "private" lib out of my repository and building a gem for the
> actual 'product' then distribute that.  Local development requires that I
> install my snippet lib as a gem or in ruby/lib in my development box, but I
> can live with that (it forces me to play nice with versions too).
> Any other ideas?
> V.-

i do this

   http://www.codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/alib/

note that the libs are versioned, therefore i can write

   require 'alib-0.1.0'

in a script and install new versions as i learn/add without breaking existing
scripts.  for convenience i also have link installed so

   require 'alib'

gets the latest version.

cheers.

-a
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