From: Jeremy Henty <onepoint@...>
Date: 2008-03-17T14:09:56+09:00
Subject: Re: argh! more undocumented mysteries: to_yaml

On 2008-03-16, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@comcast.net> wrote:
> Dave Thomas wrote:
>>
>> ri lists all  the methods that can possibly appear  in a class, and
>> (somewhat stupidly)  fails to  differential between those  that are
>> built  in and those  that can  be added.  (I say  somewhat stupidly
>> because it was my fault :).
>
> Well, Dave, looks like we've found our culprit (heh heh). However, I
> simply cannot  fault someone who's been  such an asset to  us all. I
> will try  simply to  remember that Ruby  and its documentation  is a
> work  in  progress,  and  that   as  my  own  cleverness  grows,  my
> expectations  of Ruby's  can  gracefully diminish.  Every weekend  I
> spend  with Ruby  is increasingly  informative, and  this one  is no
> exception. And...the good folks on  this list are a major reason for
> my continuing education. Thanks to you all.

/me applauds  Tom Cloyd's graciousness.   Seriously, it's good  to see
someone with a genuine complaint being so positive.

Jeremy Henty