From: Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@...>
Date: 2006-07-11T06:47:50+09:00
Subject: Re: two Date classes?

On 7/10/06, Tim Pease <tim.pease@gmail.com> wrote:
> Simple exercise on my machine ...
>
> $ ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc-linux]

I'm running
ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]

> $ ruby -e 'puts Date.methods(false).sort'
> -e:1: uninitialized constant Date (NameError)
>
> $ ruby -r date -e 'Date.methods(false).sort'
> _load
> _parse
> _strptime
> ajd_to_amjd
> ajd_to_jd
> amjd_to_ajd
> <snip>
>
> What version of ruby are you running?
> Might you have included Date in an .irbrc file or some other piece of code?

I have the RUBYOPT environment variable set to rubygems. Quite
possible that does a require on the Date class. However, even if it
does, why do I get extra methods after I do a "require 'date'">

> Blessings,
> Tim Pease
>
> On 7/10/06, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It seems that there is a Date class in the core library and the
> > standard library. Is this correct?  The following code
> >
> > ---
> >
> > core = Date.methods.sort
> >
> > require 'date'
> > std = Date.methods.sort
> >
> > puts "methods in std Date that aren't in core Date"
> > puts std - core
> >
> > ---
> >
> > outputs lots of method names.
> >
> > Pickaxe doesn't document a Date class in the core libraries.
> > Does anybody know why there are two classes named Date in the standard
> > Ruby distribution?

-- 
R. Mark Volkmann
Object Computing, Inc.