From: takuma ozawa <metal@...>
Date: 2002-01-15T12:01:50+09:00
Subject: [ANN] WString 0.0.8


Hi, I have released WString 0.0.8.

WString is a library to use Wide Characters in Ruby. Its interface is
the same as Ruby String. So after creating WString object, you can use
it like Ruby String.

To create WString object

  WString.new('aaa')  # converted in the default locale
  WString.new('aaa', 'ja_JP.eucJP') # specifying the locale
  'aaa'.to_ws('ja_JP.eucJP')  # for convenience

It can handle a string as a sequence of characters, not bytes.

  ws = 'abc'.to_ws
  p ws[1] # => L"b"
  ws.each_char { |c| p c } # => L"a" L"b" L"c"
  
In this version, almost all methods are implemented. With boost.regex,
it can use Regular Expression.

  m = WRegexp.new('(a+)b+').match(WString.new('aaabbb'))
  p m[0] # => L"aaabbb"
  p m[1] # => L"aaa"
  
To install

  $ ruby extconf.rb
  $ make
  # make site-install
  
If you use Regular Expression, you have to compile boost.regex first.
With gcc 2.X, you need STLport to compile boost.regex. See documents
for details.

http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-PaloAlto/3388/wstring/README.html

takuma