From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-02-12T14:53:43+09:00
Subject: Re: If you are unhappy with the direction of Ruby 1.8.7+, respond

Urabe Shyouhei wrote:

> I don't intend to attack but for instance _why hasn't been touching his yaml
> stdlib for years, in spite of yaml bugs continuously reported.  If _why had
> such pride you say, can that be possible?

+1

> Again, I'm not attacking _why.  It's a nature of geek being that they get
> interested in a new thing than old ones.  Some people like you may be able to
> maintain existing codes, but not everyone.  Do not expect others to behave as
> you do.

I expect people to unit test their libraries and leave them open for others to 
fix. YAML can't recover from syntax errors, can't accurately report them, and 
experiences a stray pointer bug when it tries. Yes the lexer is awesome, but 
libyaml is riiiight around the corner...

> I suspect that's why no one but me is touching 1.8.6 now.

I do 1.8.6, and so does my shop.