From: Minero Aoki <aamine@...>
Date: 2001-10-29T20:16:33+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23716] Re: Some inspirations from REBOL


In mail "[ruby-talk:23713] Some inspirations from REBOL"
Robert Feldt <feldt@ce.chalmers.se> wrote:

> R2. Internet protocols can be used very easily

>   RF comment: I think we may have to write some convenience class methods
>   that enables this kind of access. Something like
> 
>     require 'net/pop'
>     Net::POP3.read("user:pass@mail.dom").each {|m| print m}
> 
>   and
> 
>     require 'net/http'
>     page = Net::HTTP.read("www.rebol.com")

You can use these code already:

    Net::POP3.foreach('mail.dom', nil, 'user', 'pass') {|m| print m.pop }

    aString = Net::HTTP.get('www.rebol.com')

    Net::HTTP.get_print('www.rebol.com')


>   We might even add Net.read which can handle URI's so that we could do
> 
>     Net.read("pop://user:pass@mail.dom").each {|m| print m}
>
>   and
> 
>     page = Net.read("http://www.rebol.com")

I agree with you, but I can't add these features yet.
I'm just waiting that some URI class becomes standard.


Minero Aoki