[#29932] Happy 2002! — "Rich Kilmer" <rich@...>

Happy New Year from Washington DC!

24 messages 2002/01/01
[#29938] RE: Happy 2002! — "James Britt (rubydev)" <james@...> 2002/01/01

>

[#29954] Re: Happy 2002! — Dinakar <Desai.Dinakar@...> 2002/01/01

"James Britt (rubydev)" wrote:

[#29991] Execing command with backquotes — mail02@... (Frank Benoit)

Hi

13 messages 2002/01/01

[#30101] Ruby Weekly News rdf feed now available — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

12 messages 2002/01/03

[#30191] chomp for arrays? — dempsejn@...

Hi All,

25 messages 2002/01/04
[#30238] Re: chomp for arrays? — adamspitz@... (Adam Spitz) 2002/01/04

How about something like this?

[#30248] Re: chomp for arrays? — Massimiliano Mirra <list@...> 2002/01/05

On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 04:53:14AM +0900, Adam Spitz wrote:

[#30357] snippet exchange (was: Re: Re: chomp for arrays?) — David Alan Black <dblack@...> 2002/01/06

Hello --

[#30369] Re: snippet exchange (was: Re: Re: chomp for arrays?) — "Mark Hahn" <mchahn@...> 2002/01/06

A daydream of mine is a "super-require" that if the file was not found, the

[#30401] Re: snippet exchange (was: Re: Re: chomp for arrays?) — Dan Sugalski <dan@...> 2002/01/07

At 06:31 AM 1/7/2002 +0900, Mark Hahn wrote:

[#30195] should I use ruby instead of perl — vekkuli ketkutin <qvyht@...>

simple question...

25 messages 2002/01/04

[#30265] Structs and Marshalling — Albert Wagner <alwagner@...>

I keep getting myself tripped up when I Marshal Struct objects. I typically

18 messages 2002/01/05
[#30281] Re: Structs and Marshalling — ts <decoux@...> 2002/01/05

>>>>> "A" == Albert Wagner <alwagner@tcac.net> writes:

[#30334] Re: Structs and Marshalling — Albert Wagner <alwagner@...> 2002/01/06

On Saturday 05 January 2002 06:25 am, you wrote:

[#30473] Re: [ruby-talk:30334] Re: Structs and Marshalling — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) 2002/01/07

Hi,

[#30528] Possible bug with struct.c (Re: Re: Structs and Marshalling) — ts <decoux@...> 2002/01/07

>>>>> "Y" == Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> writes:

[#30546] Re: Possible bug with struct.c (Re: Re: Structs and Marshalling) — nobu.nokada@... 2002/01/07

At Tue, 8 Jan 2002 02:36:12 +0900,

[#30274] The Ruby Way — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>

Hi,

31 messages 2002/01/05
[#30275] RE: The Ruby Way — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...> 2002/01/05

> From: Conrad Schneiker [mailto:schneiker@jump.net]

[#30276] Re: The Ruby Way — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...> 2002/01/05

That was supposed to say "how do I implement a hash with duplicate keys?"

[#30320] Sorting a Hash by value of integer stored in the Hash — Michael Joner <finalfrontier@...>

I have a program which creates a Hash array. The ultimate result is a

14 messages 2002/01/06

[#30327] one liner / overriden class repository — "Jack Dempsey" <dabigdemp@...>

Why aim if not high? :-)

15 messages 2002/01/06

[#30366] class name reported differently in different contexts — Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>

30 messages 2002/01/06
[#30380] Re: class name reported differently in different contexts — "Chr. Rippel" <chr_news@...> 2002/01/06

[#30496] Re: class name reported differently in different contexts — <ale@...> 2002/01/07

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Chr. Rippel wrote:

[#30372] [ANN] Invitation to join LotY (Language of the Year) project, 2002: learning Haskell — David Alan Black <dblack@...>

Dear fellow programmers,

10 messages 2002/01/06

[#30431] Re: snippet exchange (was: Re: Re: chomp for arrays?) — "Jack Dempsey" <dabigdemp@...>

The way i was thinking of this working would be this: someone has heard of a

14 messages 2002/01/07

[#30461] Re: the [ruby-talk] is gone? — "Jack Dempsey" <dabigdemp@...>

Hi Matz,

13 messages 2002/01/07

[#30494] Segfault with druby and fork — Michael Witrant <mike@...>

Hello,

24 messages 2002/01/07
[#30510] Re: Segfault with druby and fork — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) 2002/01/07

Hi,

[#30543] Re: Segfault with druby and fork — Michael Witrant <mike@...> 2002/01/07

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 00:37:14 +0900

[#30640] Re: Segfault with druby and fork — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) 2002/01/08

Hi,

[#30644] An Update on the FreeRIDE Project — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...> 2002/01/08

I wanted to give everyone an update on where we are with the FreeRIDE

[#30655] Re: An Update on the FreeRIDE Project — bobx@... (Bob) 2002/01/08

Documentation should also be a big(?) concern. I am new to Ruby as

[#30539] RDoc Alpha-6 available — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

37 messages 2002/01/07

[#30737] rpkg 0.1 (long) — Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>

<yaaawn>

16 messages 2002/01/10

[#30866] Dir.entries have no home — Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>

Chet and I were writing a little code manager yesterday and we wrote

38 messages 2002/01/11

[#30920] MetaRuby : RubySchema.rb howto? — Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>

Hi,

15 messages 2002/01/11
[#30953] Re: MetaRuby : RubySchema.rb howto? — Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...> 2002/01/12

[#30969] Re: MetaRuby : RubySchema.rb howto? — Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...> 2002/01/12

Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

[#30949] Another suggestion for FreeRIDE — ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)

Based on some discussions over at comp.lang.python...

13 messages 2002/01/12

[#31017] Why I think Ruby will eventually be more popular than Python — gandy@... (Thomas Gandy)

Ruby and Python both play in the same niche: they're both Object

9 messages 2002/01/12

[#31080] Best way for platf. independent compression? — Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>

Currently, rpkg builds packets by tar'ring and gzip'ping the source

25 messages 2002/01/13
[#31112] Re: Best way for platf. independent compression? — Chris Gehlker <gehlker@...> 2002/01/14

On 1/13/02 1:42 PM, "Massimiliano Mirra" <list@chromatic-harp.com> wrote:

[#31153] Re: Best way for platf. independent compression? — Massimiliano Mirra <list@...> 2002/01/14

On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 12:08:58PM +0900, Chris Gehlker wrote:

[#31085] Small Methods - a ramble — Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>

I noticed in some code that Chet and I were writing that, as Smalltalkers, we tend to write really

45 messages 2002/01/13
[#31170] Re: Small Methods - a ramble — Brian Marick <marick@...> 2002/01/14

Ron Jeffries wrote:

[#31099] a wishlist for ruby 2.0 — Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>

49 messages 2002/01/14
[#31237] Re: a wishlist for ruby 2.0 — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) 2002/01/15

Hi,

[#31276] Re: a wishlist for ruby 2.0 — Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...> 2002/01/15

[#31251] Swig Ruby documentation mods. — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

I have been trying to use Swig Ruby recently, and in attempting to

10 messages 2002/01/15

[#31262] grabbing stuff from web pages — Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>

Part of my web site has recommended books. I use the cover jpegs from

11 messages 2002/01/15

[#31275] how to get all the reserved words? — Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>

Hi;

16 messages 2002/01/15

[#31289] memory usage question — "Mark Hahn" <mchahn@...>

I need to write a script that will use a hash with 4 million strings of 16

30 messages 2002/01/15

[#31311] Vote for Windows Installer packages — Andrew Hunt <andy@...>

14 messages 2002/01/15

[#31404] Re: A question on Ruby Threads — "Tobias DiPasquale" <anany@...>

In article <a242re$gop@ftp.ee.vill.edu>, "Chris Gehlker"

15 messages 2002/01/16

[#31424] A few words on threads — "Avdi B. Grimm" <avdi@...>

Warning: many strong personal opinions and broad

14 messages 2002/01/16

[#31442] #59 Add fsync method to IO class — hensleyl@... (Leslie Hensley)

Adding fsync and fdatasync methods to the IO class will allow Ruby to

17 messages 2002/01/16

[#31512] Hello! Array sub classing? — Markt <markt@...>

Hello Ruby lovers!

23 messages 2002/01/17

[#31533] Possible bug in Mac version? — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

16 messages 2002/01/17

[#31564] The first alternative RDoc template — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

22 messages 2002/01/17

[#31658] dynamic method creation — "Albert L. Wagner" <alwagner@...>

I have a need to dynamically create methods with method names

16 messages 2002/01/18

[#31711] Re: zip on Linux — "Mirabai Neumann" <webmaster@...>

19 messages 2002/01/19

[#31727] Keeping track of multiple Ruby discussion sites. — "James Britt (rubydev)" <james@...>

Recently, Massimiliano Mirra wrote:

13 messages 2002/01/19

[#31735] installing mod_ruby --> seg fault in ruby-rdtool — craig@...

At least that's where core dumped. FreeBSD/Alpha (4.4-RELEASE). New to

16 messages 2002/01/19

[#31741] $_ as default parameter for a function — thomass@... (Thomas)

I'd like the fragment below to produce "blah blah", but it doesn't

15 messages 2002/01/19

[#31882] RANT: Ruby GUI API — Sean Russell <ser@...>

I started this rant in another thread, where it was way OT, so I'm moving

60 messages 2002/01/21

[#31937] Re: RANT: Ruby GUI API — Ben Crowell <crowell02@...>

M. Mirra wrote:

28 messages 2002/01/22
[#31948] Re: RANT: Ruby GUI API — John Carter <john.carter@...> 2002/01/22

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Ben Crowell wrote:

[#32056] Ruby Publishing Framework v0.5.0 — Bryan Murphy <bryan@...>

Ruby Publishing Framework

15 messages 2002/01/22

[#32106] about time for seperate lists? — "Tobias DiPasquale" <anany@...>

Hi all,

12 messages 2002/01/23

[#32121] : ruby-talk seperation — "Tobias DiPasquale" <anany@...>

Hi all,

19 messages 2002/01/23

[#32177] — Eugene Scripnik <Eugene.Scripnik@...>

I have a problem loading files from my script (I mean Kernel::load):

20 messages 2002/01/23
[#32187] — nobu.nokada@... 2002/01/23

Hi,

[#32722] Re: — Eugene Scripnik <Eugene.Scripnik@...> 2002/01/29

Hello nobu,

[#32728] Re: — nobu.nokada@... 2002/01/29

Hi,

[#32793] Re[2]: — Eugene Scripnik <Eugene.Scripnik@...> 2002/01/30

Tuesday, January 29, 2002, 5:05:05 PM, you wrote:

[#32799] $: in mod_ruby — nobu.nokada@... 2002/01/30

Hi,

[#32957] Re: $: in mod_ruby — Eugene Scripnik <Eugene.Scripnik@...> 2002/02/01

Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 4:55:23 PM, you wrote:

[#32233] Subclassing vs Subtyping (partly OOP vs FP) — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

Hi,

16 messages 2002/01/24
[#33032] Re: Subclassing vs Subtyping (partly OOP vs FP) — Dave Thomas <Dave@...> 2002/02/03

Lewis Perin <perin@panix.com> writes:

[#32247] Array.last Weirdness — Jesse Jones <jesjones@...>

I'd expect the following code:

19 messages 2002/01/24

[#32312] Serious Array Bug in Ruby 1.6.6? — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>

Hi,

42 messages 2002/01/24
[#32315] Re: Serious Array Bug in Ruby 1.6.6? — David Alan Black <dblack@...> 2002/01/24

Hello --

[#32400] Re: Serious Array Bug in Ruby 1.6.6? — billtj@... (Bill Tj) 2002/01/25

Hi,

[#32404] Re: Serious Array Bug in Ruby 1.6.6? — David Alan Black <dblack@...> 2002/01/25

Hello --

[#32319] looking for an example problem to demonstrate TaskMaster — ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)

I'm looking for suggestions here...

19 messages 2002/01/24

[#32355] RDoc learns to draw pictures... — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

15 messages 2002/01/25
[#32377] Re: [ANN] RDoc learns to draw pictures... — "Pit Capitain" <pit@...> 2002/01/25

On 25 Jan 2002, at 9:34, Dave Thomas wrote:

[#32388] Ruby Developers Guide — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

Hi,

16 messages 2002/01/25

[#32401] Sourcecode dump? — Olivier CARRERE <carrere@...>

Hello,

12 messages 2002/01/25

[#32417] Subrange of String subclass => invalid object — "Bob Alexander" <bobalex@...>

Given these conditions:

52 messages 2002/01/25

[#32445] "friend" alternative in Ruby? — kturing@... (kate turing)

I have a class "Foo". It has a method "doSecretStuff" that I want to

13 messages 2002/01/26

[#32465] rubyzip 0.3.1 — thomass@... (Thomas)

rubyzip 0.3.1 is out.

18 messages 2002/01/26

[#32593] OT: tools for creating documentation — ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)

I'm going to be creating a good bit of documentation for TaskMaster and I

12 messages 2002/01/27

[#32646] popen3 and buffering — Paul Brannan <paul@...>

I have a program test.rb:

26 messages 2002/01/28

Re: RCRCR

From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2002-01-13 00:10:11 UTC
List: ruby-talk #31033
Hello --

On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Matt Armstrong wrote:

> David Alan Black <dblack@candle.superlink.net> writes:
>
> > Hello --
> >
> > Yes, a Ruby Change Request Change Request.
> >
> > It seems to me that RCRs fall into several categories, and that those
> > categories are different enough from each other that it would be worth
> > turning them into different things.  The RCR label, in my view, is
> > flattening things out to much; there's a big difference, say, between
> > wanting #lstrip added to String and wanting method overloading based
> > on number of arguments.
>
> What is the practical problem with the current system?  Is the RCR
> list getting too large?  Do you want to be able to sort/search based
> on the new criteria?  Do you want to prioritize RCRs with these new
> categories?
>
> I'm not necessarily against further categorization, but the benefit is
> not obvious to me.

I do think there are too many RCRs, though that isn't my main focus
here.  The reason I think categories or tags would be nice is that
what we're now calling "RCR"s actually have very little in common with
each other.  Also, in more practical terms, the "enhancement" requests
might feed directly into the kind of snippet libraries that have been
talked about here recently.  Putting code-breaking or deeply
language-affecting stuff into such libraries is a completely different
matter (as I can tell you from having worked on Ruby Behaviors :-)

So a more affirmative way to put it might be that denoting the
"enhancement" RCRs in some way would isolate them for implementation
and distribution.  I've always thought that one of the big merits of
the various flavors of snippet collecting we've talked about would be
to take the pressure off the RCR process.

> >   Ruby Alteration Request
> >   Ruby Enhancement Request
> >   Ruby Optimization Request
>
> I think that if anything, these should just be a "category" field in a
> particular RCR.  I.e. a given RCR can be an alteration, enhancement,
> optimization, etc.

That's pretty much a cosmetic matter, as long as the designation is
retrievable.

> The problem with ditching RCR in favor of more top level categories is
> that joe user who files his idea into the system may not even know if
> his idea is an enhancement or an alteration, etc.

The main issue is whether a proposed change would, or could, break
existing code.  If it's purely additive, then it can't; if it changes
a method's interface, then it can.  I have to add, perhaps at the risk
of sounding, I don't know, slightly high-handed, that I fairly
strongly feel that anyone who can't make this determination probably
shouldn't be asking for changes to the core language.


David

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