From: Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>
Date: 2002-01-13T22:46:57+09:00
Subject: Re: FileHandle (was: Re: Dir.entries have no home)

On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 01:27:19PM +0900, Ron Jeffries wrote:
> >I sketched an implementation.  This month's Ruby slogan for me is
> >``...makes it faster to code it than to talk about it.''
> Because then all we have to do is read all that code and figure out
> from it what the concepts in your head were?

Because all you have to do is to use all that code and see if you like
what it does (bringing along the test which shows a use case).  If it
does something you like, you can read the code and tell the damn
writer to write it better.  Otherwise, no reason to bother for
both. ;-)

> I still don't understand the difference in your mind between the
> FileHandle and FileDescription ideas ... maybe I'll be able to figure
> it out in the fullness of time ...

My fault.  When I said ``...go from a FileDescription to a
FileHandle'', I mean the class itself to go, not us. :-)

Massimiliano