From: Pete Hodgson <phodgson@...>
Date: 2008-09-12T06:05:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Programming By Contract with Ruby

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Thanks Dan.

Looks like dbc is actually a Design By Contract system for C, using ruby 
and Racc to parse an external DSL: 
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/10/28/design_by_contract_in_c.html.

I'll take a look at rubydbc. Anyone else have any input?

Daniel Berger wrote:
> On Sep 11, 10:53 am, Pete Hodgson <phodg...@lyris.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Does anyone know of a Programming By Contract framework for ruby? It
>> seems like fertile ground, given the dynamic nature of the language. I'm
>> imagining some kind of DSL that allows a developer to annotate a
>> class/module with invariants, and also to annotate methods with pre- and
>> post-conditions.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pete
>>     
>
> http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubydbc/
> http://rubyforge.org/projects/dbc/
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
>
>   

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