From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-09-13T01:51:28+09:00
Subject: Re: openobject-0.0.1



On Sep 11, 5:15 pm, Steven Lumos <ste...@lumos.us> wrote:
> Trans <transf...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Sep 9, 11:04 am, "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.how...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> NAME
>
> >>    openobject
>
> >> SYNOPSIS
>
> >>    a simple property based container that's much more capable than a
> >> blankslate
> >>    but far less polluted than ruby's built-in OpenStruct.  openobject
> >> is a tiny
> >>    lib that couples the power of the 'attributes' gem alongside a
> >> slightly
> >>    enhanced blankslate type object.
>
> > Hey dude, the name OpenObject is straight from Facets. And except for
> > your special attribute DSL, is similar in function.
>
> >  http://facets.rubyforge.org/rdoc/OpenObjects/index.html
>
> > Not a major issue, of course, but certainly can't hurt to avoid name
> > conflicts. Care to change the name?
>
> > T.
>
> For that matter, there are at least two others?
>
> % gem search openobject
>
> *** LOCAL GEMS ***
>
> *** REMOTE GEMS ***
> Need to update 27 gems fromhttp://gems.rubyforge.org
> ...........................
> complete
>
> calibre-openobject (1.0.0)
>     OpenObject is an improved variation of OpenStruct
>
> openobject (1.3.0)
>     OpenObject is an improved variation of OpenStruct

calibre-openobject is an older version of openobject. All the calibre-
* gems will be deleted soon actually, as that library was was merged
into Facets a while ago. The openobject gem is a stand-alone release
of the Facets library. I've long debated if I should release parts of
Facets in small individual packages. I've tested the waters in that
regard with a few libraries like this one. If there's enough demand, I
may continue to do so, but in the mean time my focus has been on
tightening up the the single package.

T.