From: Kaspar Schiess <eule@...>
Date: 2005-11-23T01:34:15+09:00
Subject: PLATFORM tests

Dear list, 

A common Ruby idiom seems to be something like 
  if PLATFORM =~ /mswin32/
    # do windows stuff
  end

Variations include matching for /mswin/. 

Neither of those works on the mingw32 PLATFORM (i386-mingw32).

As a consequence of fixing this in a lot of libraries all the time I 
would like to create a small library that permits 
  Platform.windows?
  Platform.unix? 
  ... 
tests. To that end, I would need a complete collection of those PLATFORM 
strings and how to classify them. I ask you all to send me: 
  a) output of PLATFORM on your .. well.. platform
  b) a short description of that very same. 

I will gather all of those emails and create said minimal library. 
Comments on interface propositions are also welcome.

Thank you all in advance.
kaspar 

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