From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2005-12-20T05:14:00+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 27761-28026

On Dec 19, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> Eric Hodel wrote:
>> On Dec 19, 2005, at 11:08 AM, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
>>> i really, really prefer an options based approach to these kinds  
>>> of  things.
>>> when you have to pick a name for every method the development is   
>>> slowed.  pick
>>> a catch-all and configure it:
>>>
>>>   GC.gc(:mode => "every") do
>>>
>>>   end
>>>
>>>
>>> next week, when someone wants a new feature, it can be added it   
>>> without
>>> changing a thing:
>>>
>>>   GC.gc(:mode => "every", :pool => MyCustomPool) do
>>>
>>>   end
>> YAGNI
>
> YAGN what? GC.always or an options hash?

Somebody needs GC.always to help with debugging.  The options hash  
falls under YAGNI.

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