From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-03-05T03:39:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on the mobile?


On Mar 4, 2006, at 12:08 PM, ts wrote:

>>>>>> "M" == Matthias Georgi <matti.georgi@gmail.com> writes:
>
> M> This surprises me, as I cannot find anything related in parse.y  
> or did
> M> I look in the wrong place?
>
>
> NODE*
> rb_compile_file(f, file, start)
>     const char *f;
>     VALUE file;
>     int start;
> {
>     lex_gets = rb_io_gets;
>     lex_input = file;
>     lex_pbeg = lex_p = lex_pend = 0;
>     ruby_sourceline = start - 1;
>
>     return yycompile(f, start);
> }
>
>  See the VALUE file and rb_io_gets()
>
>
> Guy Decoux
>
>
>

Wow, that's kind of (if I may be permitted to use the term) badass. I  
can just see someone (probably Matz.) sitting there coding ruby and  
thinking "Hmm, I've written this neat stdlib with OO support for  
files, and I need to read a file to parse it...might as well use it."