From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2006-10-26T23:22:42+09:00 Subject: Re: 1.9 Backport? On 10/26/06, Trans wrote: > Austin Ziegler wrote: > > On 10/26/06, Trans wrote: > > > Reading: > > > http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/10/26/rubyconf-2006-recap/ > > > If Ruby 1.9+ won't be released for over a year, can we backport a few > > > features? Most noteabley #instance_exec and the ability of a block to > > > take a &block argument --the lack of these exact a heavy toll on good > > > clean metacode. > > Probably not. Ruby 1.8 is supposed to be *stable*, and I doubt that > > there'll be a shim like there was for Ruby 1.6 to 1.8, either. > Right. I realize. I was just hoping that a few significant features > that are pure "superset" could make it back. I sympathize, but I read something about the Denver Summit (posted on RedHanded by Daigo) indicating that absolutely no new features will be added to Ruby 1.8. Just bug fixes. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * http://www.halostatue.ca/ * austin@halostatue.ca * http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/ * austin@zieglers.ca