From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2009-02-13T14:03:43+09:00
Subject: Re: If you are unhappy with the direction of Ruby 1.8.7+, respond

Stefan Lang wrote:

> 2009/2/11 James Gray <james@grayproductions.net>:
> > On Feb 11, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Pit Capitain wrote:
> > 
> >> 2009/2/11 Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com>:
> > > > 
> >>> Ruby 1.8.7 is NOT compatible with Ruby 1.8.6.
> > > 
> >> I've seen many people claiming this, and they might be right of
> >> course, but no one has shown any examples yet.
> > 
> > This is trivial to prove.  This code:
> > 
> >  Object.new.tap { |o| p o }
> > 
> > runs on 1.8.7 and not 1.8.6.
> 
> 1.8.x releases always introduced new methods.
> If Ruby releases were done how the mob here wants
> them, we wouldn't have a single new method since
> 1.8.0 was released in 2003.
> 
> Important is backwards compatibility and Ruby 1.8.7
> is backwards compatible. Nobody so far has shown
> where 1.8.7 is not backwards compatible.
> 
> That Rails broke was their own fault. They extend core
> classes, so clashes are to be expected. If they had
> tested with an 1.8.7 release candidate, I'm sure they
> could have worked out a solution with the 1.8 maintainers.
> 
> Stefan

+1