From: Albert Wagner <alwagner@...>
Date: 2002-01-28T00:50:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Sourcecode dump?

On Sunday 27 January 2002 09:14 am, you wrote:
> Albert Wagner <alwagner@tcac.net> writes:
> > > Since, it's a ruby program, you can change it while it runs.
> >
> > The program can change itself while it runs.  But how do you, the
> > author , do that?  Except by initially coding in self-correcting
> > code?
>
> I think Oliver was thinking something like VB's debugging and
> modification at runtime. This sort of things can be useful when
> fine-tuning the locations of widgets with absolute locations.
>
> > the saved state.  But I cannot envision the need for a snapshot of the
> > complete source code.
>
> So you don't have to re-type the modifications on the original source
> code.

So you are hoping/expecting to output a text(.rb) file that looks just like 
the original text file, except with variables initialized to new values?  How 
do you handle comments, indentation, etc. that have no internal 
representation?
>
> YS.

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