[#332653] Anything better than klass = eval("#{task_class}") — Paganoni <noway@...>

Hi, well subject is self explanatory...

10 messages 2009/04/01

[#332751] RubyScript2Exe — Charlie Openshaw <charlieopenshaw@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2009/04/02

[#332795] ri is suddenly empty — Fernando Perez <pedrolito@...>

Hi,

15 messages 2009/04/03

[#332861] Verify, a very basic testing tool. — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>

Hi List

34 messages 2009/04/03
[#332871] Re: [Ann] Verify, a very basic testing tool. — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...> 2009/04/03

[#332882] Re: [Ann] Verify, a very basic testing tool. — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...> 2009/04/03

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrot=

[#332869] Loading classes in order — Elias Orozco <elioncho@...>

Hello guys,

17 messages 2009/04/03
[#332874] Re: Loading classes in order — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...> 2009/04/03

El Viernes 03 Abril 2009, Elias Orozco escribi=C3=B3:

[#332983] Ruby 1.9.1 - invalid multibyte escape: /[\xC0-\xDF]/ (RegexpError) — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>

Hi, using TreeTop parser I had a grammar defined working in Ruby1.8 but it=

12 messages 2009/04/04
[#333081] Re: Ruby 1.9.1 - invalid multibyte escape: /[\xC0-\xDF]/ (RegexpError) — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net> 2009/04/06

[#333092] Re: Ruby 1.9.1 - invalid multibyte escape: /[\xC0-\xDF]/ (RegexpError) — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...> 2009/04/06

2009/4/6 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>:

[#332984] How to get "irb1.8" using Ruby1.8 instead of Ruby1.9.1 ? — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>

Hi, in Debian I've ruby1.8 (/usr/bin/ruby1.8) and irb1.8 installed as DEB=20

16 messages 2009/04/04

[#333051] Localmemcache-0.2.1: The beauty of memcached. For local data. Blazingly fast. — "Sven C. Koehler" <schween@...>

Hi,

9 messages 2009/04/05

[#333063] how to dynamically create search term for array.find_all — Adam Akhtar <adamtemporary@...>

i want to be able to create a mehtod that will filter results in an

13 messages 2009/04/06
[#333064] Re: how to dynamically create search term for array.find_all — Phlip <phlip2005@...> 2009/04/06

Adam Akhtar wrote:

[#333108] Re: how to dynamically create search term for array.find_all — Adam Akhtar <adamtemporary@...> 2009/04/06

Thanks for your advice.

[#333109] Re: how to dynamically create search term for array.find_all — Adam Akhtar <adamtemporary@...> 2009/04/06

ahh robert, sorry i missed your reply there, i was looking at

[#333206] regex select multiple words in the middle of a sentence — Raimon Fs <coder@...>

hello,

11 messages 2009/04/07

[#333231] How to remote connect to the SQL server 2005 when there is a ‘\’ in the SQL server name, such as 192.168.0.11\active? — Wesley Chen <cjq.999@...>

Hi, Guys,

10 messages 2009/04/07
[#333246] Re: How to remote connect to the SQL server 2005 when there is a ‘\’ in the SQL server name, such as 192.168.0.11\active? — "Sean O'Halpin" <sean.ohalpin@...> 2009/04/07

(Disclaimer: It's a while since I did anything with SQL Server)

[#333265] Re: How to remote connect to the SQL server 2005 when there is a ‘\’ in the SQL server name, such as 192.168.0.11\active? — Wesley Chen <cjq.999@...> 2009/04/08

Hi, Sean,

[#333275] Re: How to remote connect to the SQL server 2005 when there is a ‘\’ in the SQL server name, such as 192.168.0.11\active? — "Sean O'Halpin" <sean.ohalpin@...> 2009/04/08

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:50 AM, Wesley Chen <cjq.999@gmail.com> wrote:

[#333273] Ruby 1.9 still cannot list all files on Vista or XP? — SpringFlowers AutumnMoon <summercoolness@...>

I just tried using Ruby 1.9 and it seemed that it still cannot list all

18 messages 2009/04/08

[#333291] How to find Operating system — Newb Newb <revathy.p@...>

Hi....

19 messages 2009/04/08
[#333299] Re: How to find Operating system — Mark S Bilk <mark@...> 2009/04/08

On Apr 8, 4:27=A0am, Eleanor McHugh <elea...@games-with-brains.com>

[#333309] Re: How to find Operating system — Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...> 2009/04/08

On 8 Apr 2009, at 13:30, Mark S Bilk wrote:

[#333311] performing an action only the first time a function called — James French <James.French@...> 2009/04/08

Hi,

[#333319] Ruby editor for linux — Juan Zanos <juan_zanos@...>

Does anyone have any suggestions for a Ruby editor on Linux? I

31 messages 2009/04/08

[#333368] Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Christophe Mckeon <chromatophore@...>

Hello Fellow Humans,

170 messages 2009/04/08
[#333440] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — The Higgs bozo <higgs.bozo@...> 2009/04/09

Christophe Mckeon wrote:

[#333443] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Phlip <phlip2005@...> 2009/04/09

The Higgs bozo wrote:

[#333455] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Phlip <phlip2005@...> 2009/04/09

>> Am I the only one who, upon reading the subject line, thought that

[#333468] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Christophe Mckeon <chromatophore@...> 2009/04/09

Hi guys,

[#333542] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Jeff Schwab <jeff@...> 2009/04/10

Christophe Mckeon wrote:

[#333580] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...> 2009/04/10

> Christophe Mckeon wrote:

[#333602] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2009/04/11

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 02:22:09AM +0900, Eleanor McHugh wrote:

[#333615] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...> 2009/04/11

On 11 Apr 2009, at 02:12, Chad Perrin wrote:

[#333626] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...> 2009/04/11

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Eleanor McHugh

[#333657] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2009/04/12

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:53:07AM +0900, Robert Dober wrote:

[#333783] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...> 2009/04/13

On 12 Apr 2009, at 06:36, Chad Perrin wrote:

[#334172] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...> 2009/04/16

Eleanor McHugh wrote:

[#334187] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2009/04/16

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 05:58:21AM +0900, Tom Cloyd wrote:

[#334191] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — Todd Benson <caduceass@...> 2009/04/17

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:

[#334284] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — "Phlip" <phlip2005@...> 2009/04/18

> And besides, who are we kidding thinking that the planet needs us?

[#334334] Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth — "Phlip" <phlip2005@...> 2009/04/18

> Now, do I believe the earth's climate is changing? Absolutely. It has

[#333521] how do you manage your gems' gemspecs? — ghorner <gabriel.horner@...>

Hi,

15 messages 2009/04/10

[#333546] Python on LLVM — Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>

Python on LLVM. Thought it might be interesting to some folks here:

17 messages 2009/04/10

[#333607] a few thoughts for ruby... — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>

Thought I'd pass these thoughts by the readers here before sending them

23 messages 2009/04/11

[#333624] Can Ruby stay ahead ? — Suresh Kk <sureshkkgvr@...>

Will Ruby find it difficult to stay in the first 10 languages list

27 messages 2009/04/11
[#333636] Re: Can Ruby stay ahead ? — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2009/04/11

To be honest, I think the most important thing Rubyists could do to help

[#333707] newbie confusion and dejection — Reg <reg@...>

Over the years I have taught myself to program in C, C++, and VB to

14 messages 2009/04/13

[#333736] Ruby vs. Groovy: your perspective — Diego Virasoro <Diego.Virasoro@...>

Hello,

45 messages 2009/04/13
[#333789] Re: Ruby vs. Groovy: your perspective — Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...> 2009/04/13

On 13 Apr 2009, at 12:35, Diego Virasoro wrote:

[#333803] Re: Ruby vs. Groovy: your perspective — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2009/04/13

Eleanor McHugh wrote:

[#333833] Re: Ruby vs. Groovy: your perspective — James Britt <james.britt@...> 2009/04/14

Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:

[#333742] connecting to Oracle using OCI8 and DBI — Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>

Hi,

12 messages 2009/04/13

[#333867] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>

Hi folks,

30 messages 2009/04/14
[#333885] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — James Gray <james@...> 2009/04/14

On Apr 14, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Gregory Brown wrote:

[#333894] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2009/04/14

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:24 PM, James Gray <james@grayproductions.net> wr=

[#333899] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist@...> 2009/04/14

[#333900] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2009/04/14

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist@mac.com> wrote:

[#333901] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Ben Lovell <benjamin.lovell@...> 2009/04/14

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com>wrote:

[#333904] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Tony Arcieri <tony@...> 2009/04/14

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Ben Lovell <benjamin.lovell@gmail.com>wrote:

[#333912] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2009/04/14

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Tony Arcieri <tony@medioh.com> wrote:

[#334011] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@...> 2009/04/15

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:48:42 +0900

[#334014] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2009/04/15

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Michael Fellinger

[#334020] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2009/04/15

On 15.04.2009 17:46, Gregory Brown wrote:

[#334086] Re: [ANN] The "Ruby Best Practices" Collaborative Blog — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2009/04/16

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Robert Klemme

[#333981] Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Alexandre Stehlin <alexandre.stehlin@...>

Hello everybody !

23 messages 2009/04/15
[#334010] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2009/04/15

[#334013] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Alexandre Stehlin <alexandre.stehlin@...> 2009/04/15

Roger Pack wrote:

[#334426] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2009/04/20

Alexandre Stehlin wrote:

[#334430] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Alexandre Stehlin <alexandre.stehlin@...> 2009/04/20

Roger Pack wrote:

[#334465] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2009/04/20

[#334469] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...> 2009/04/20

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@gmail.com> wrote=

[#334631] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Alexandre Stehlin <alexandre.stehlin@...> 2009/04/22

Glen Holcomb wrote:

[#334640] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2009/04/22

[#334644] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Alexandre Stehlin <alexandre.stehlin@...> 2009/04/22

Ok, here's what I got :

[#334648] Re: Install a Windows server made with Ruby — Alexandre Stehlin <alexandre.stehlin@...> 2009/04/22

Alexandre Stehlin wrote:

[#333993] reformatting a text file that has some binary in it — Adam Akhtar <adamtemporary@...>

I have never worked with binary before and after trying to solve this

20 messages 2009/04/15
[#334768] Re: reformatting a text file that has some binary in it — "t3ch.dude" <t3ch.dude@...> 2009/04/23

On Apr 23, 5:05=A0am, Adam Akhtar <adamtempor...@gmail.com> wrote:

[#334834] Re: reformatting a text file that has some binary in it — Adam Akhtar <adamtemporary@...> 2009/04/23

ahh should have thought about that. here is a souce file

[#334063] http://rubypan.org/ — Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>

http://rubypan.org/ version 1.0.0 has been released!

16 messages 2009/04/16

[#334194] Localmemcache-0.3.0: A persistent key-value database based on mmap()'ed shared memory — "Sven C. Koehler" <schween@...>

Hi, Localmemcache-0.3.0 is ready! Persistence is officially supported

9 messages 2009/04/17

[#334272] Junctions for Ruby1.9 (Lab419::functional-0.1.2) — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>

Hi list

14 messages 2009/04/17

[#334370] ruby1.9 and the retry keyword — Yoann Guillot <john-rubytalk@...>

Hi

12 messages 2009/04/19

[#334479] Polymorphism — Michael Satterwhite <michael@...>

As much as I like Ruby, I do miss the polymorphic behavior of routines

14 messages 2009/04/20
[#334480] Re: Polymorphism — Phlip <phlip2005@...> 2009/04/20

Michael Satterwhite wrote:

[#334510] directory watcher, trying to match filename to directory name. — Brian Wallace <draygen80@...>

Hi All,

12 messages 2009/04/21
[#334515] Re: directory watcher, trying to match filename to directory name. — David Gaya <david.gaya@...> 2009/04/21

> dw =3D DirectoryWatcher.new "#{@dirwatch}", :interval =3D> 5, :glob =3D> =

[#334524] Re: directory watcher, trying to match filename to directory name. — Brian Wallace <draygen80@...> 2009/04/21

Thanks David,

[#334537] Re: directory watcher, trying to match filename to directory name. — Tim Pease <tim.pease@...> 2009/04/21

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Brian Wallace <draygen80@gmail.com> wrote:

[#334529] Ruby or JRuby — Martin L'ecuyer <martin@...>

Hi i'm new here and new with Ruby. I just start to learn Ruby and Ruby

19 messages 2009/04/21
[#334531] Re: Ruby or JRuby — James Herdman <james.herdman@...> 2009/04/21

Hi Martin.

[#334532] Re: Ruby or JRuby — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...> 2009/04/21

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM, James Herdman <james.herdman@gmail.com> wr=

[#334696] Re: Ruby or JRuby — David Masover <ninja@...> 2009/04/22

On Tuesday 21 April 2009 09:48:47 Robert Dober wrote:

[#334710] Re: Ruby or JRuby — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...> 2009/04/22

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM, David Masover <ninja@slaphack.com> wrote:

[#334551] Is there a better way to do this? — Paul Mckibbin <pmckibbin@...>

I recently had code which needed to work with the same structure twice,

11 messages 2009/04/21

[#334577] Can't install hpricot gem — Boris Barroso <boriscyber@...>

I can't install hpricot gem on CentOS 5, you can check the error message

13 messages 2009/04/21

[#334711] Diamondback Ruby - Static Typing for Ruby — Mike Furr <furr@...>

16 messages 2009/04/22

[#334826] Is there a better way of doing this — Damjan Rems <d_rems@...>

I have three classes.

17 messages 2009/04/23

[#334944] Digits of Pi (#202) — Daniel Moore <yahivin@...>

-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=

26 messages 2009/04/24
[#334948] Re: [QUIZ] Digits of Pi (#202) — Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...> 2009/04/24

Daniel Moore wrote:

[#334986] Methods and blocks - not that clear when blocks passed into — Steven Taylor <staylor@...>

Coming from other programming languages, notably Basic based, a little

10 messages 2009/04/25

[#335047] Using method missing to create getters and setters — Tim Conner <crofty_james@...>

Hi,

10 messages 2009/04/26

[#335060] How to parse a "line"? — Martin Sharon <huangshuo.9@...>

Hi there:

25 messages 2009/04/26
[#335061] Re: How to parse a "line"? — James Gray <james@...> 2009/04/26

On Apr 26, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Martin Sharon wrote:

[#335062] Re: How to parse a "line"? — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...> 2009/04/26

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:56 PM, James Gray <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

[#335069] Re: How to parse a "line"? — Todd Benson <caduceass@...> 2009/04/26

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:

[#335070] Re: How to parse a "line"? — Todd Benson <caduceass@...> 2009/04/26

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:

[#335071] Re: How to parse a "line"? — Martin Sharon <huangshuo.9@...> 2009/04/27

Thank you Todd, but the number of the keywords are dynamic.

[#335085] Re: How to parse a "line"? — Todd Benson <caduceass@...> 2009/04/27

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Martin Sharon <huangshuo.9@gmail.com> wrote:

[#335068] Block Style — James Gray <james@...>

I hate to be the guy to start another { =85 } vs. do =85 end thread, but =

16 messages 2009/04/26

[#335151] Gui library suggestion based on my needs? — Pito Salas <rps@...>

Any recommendation on which 'gui' package I should use to build a ruby

14 messages 2009/04/27

[#335217] Why does attr_accessor in module require 'self.'? — Brian Hartin <brian.hartin@...>

Hi there,

14 messages 2009/04/27

[#335301] Detecting -0.0 — "Thomas B." <tpreal@...>

Hello.

19 messages 2009/04/28

[#335308] Random Access using IO#pos in code blocks — Arun Kumar <arun.einstein@...>

Hello everyone,

14 messages 2009/04/28
[#335369] Re: Random Access using IO#pos in code blocks — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2009/04/29

Arun Kumar wrote:

[#335331] New to Ruby, making a program from a disabled friend — Hank Quinlan <tjmaser@...>

Hi. I am only learning Ruby to help my friend out, and am completely new

15 messages 2009/04/29

[#335334] Issue with regexp pattern matcher withing String#gsub — Craig Jolicoeur <cpjolicoeur@...>

I'm having a strange issue I can't wrap my head around. I've posted the

10 messages 2009/04/29

[#335466] Read and re-write file with one open? — Adam Bender <abender@...>

I would like to write a Ruby script that opens a text file, performs a gsub

19 messages 2009/04/30

[#335532] setting up cygwin on windows or linux it? — Adam Akhtar <adamtemporary@...>

Due to some gems not working for windows im considering either

19 messages 2009/04/30
[#335542] Re: setting up cygwin on windows or linux it? — Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...> 2009/04/30

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Adam Akhtar <adamtemporary@gmail.com> wrote:

[#335563] Re: setting up cygwin on windows or linux it? — Aleksandr Levchuk <alevchuk@...> 2009/04/30

Usually virtualization (VMWare, etc.) is too slow to use. I would

Re: querying using HTTP

From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2009-04-16 18:30:37 UTC
List: ruby-talk #334151
On Apr 16, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Brian Candler wrote:

> James Gray wrote:
>> Ruby 1.8 had a single global variable that, when set, changed the
>> behavior of all code in the interpreter, including the stuff I didn't
>> write.  I hope that isn't your idea of a "sane" system.
>
> Ruby 1.8 treated strings as sequences of 8-bit bytes unless explicitly
> told otherwise. That is sane.

I'm pretty sure you are in the minority with this opinion.  You really =20=

like this?

$ ruby -e 'p "R=E9sum=E9"[0..1]'
"R\303"

How often is that going to be the desired result?

There were a lot of complaints about Ruby's encoding support over the =20=

years.  A lot.  I'm pretty sure if we had all been saying, "Matz, we =20
love the it's-all-bytes approach," there would be no m17n.  That just =20=

wasn't the case though.

> Here is an example of the sort of problems still being caused by =20
> String
> in 1.9:
> =
http://groups.google.com/group/rack-devel/browse_thread/thread/99628ed37ac=
5f5b

And if we combed the Web for documented problems caused by the Ruby =20
1.8 system, do you think we would find a few of those?  I would be =20
willing to bet I've seen one encoding related problem post every =20
couple of weeks I've been on Ruby Talk.

I just did a quick search in one place users are prone to report =20
issues with my FasterCSV library and about 47% of all the issues ever =20=

reported were character encoding issues.

>> Ruby 1.9 probably does require us to learn the bare minimum about how
>> character encodings are handled.
>
> Which is rather difficult if it's not documented. Yes I know there =20
> have
> been some third-party efforts, including your own, but I have yet to =20=

> see
> anything which is anywhere near complete.

Can you list what's not yet covered in my blog series?  I'm aware of =20
two very small things that I've never once seen used in the wild.  =20
I'll add those, but let's say I feel my current coverage is about 98% =20=

complete.  How am I still failing to meet your needs?

>> It's about time.  How many years
>> have we tried to get by with crossed fingers and a prayer that it
>> would just work out?  Character encodings should have been required
>> reading long before now.
>
> Sure, people who process text need to understand character encodings.
> But text is a small subset of data. When you're processing JPEGs or =20=

> PDFs
> or ASN1 certificates or HTTP POSTs, you just want something that's 8-=20=

> bit
> clean.

Ruby 1.9 has an encoding for that too and it's very well documented.

>> For years the Ruby community has begged for more speed and robust
>> character encoding support.  The core team delivered that and much
>> more this January with a production release that's substantially
>> faster and has a very powerful new encoding engine.
>
> Nobody's complaining about improved performance.

That's a relief.  Now we just need to get everyone over to Ruby 1.9 =20
and those issues will be a thing of the past.  Thus, it would make me =20=

happy if you stop telling people not to do that.

> I'm saying there is still much pain to be had by using 1.9, and =20
> advising that people may wish to avoid the pain until (hopefully) =20
> most of it has gone away.
> Anyone who has had no pain with 1.9 or libraries which don't work =20
> under
> 1.9 is free to speak up.

I am speaking up.  That's the point.  :)

I had quite a bit of pain when I adapted FasterCSV to be the standard =20=

CSV library.  There were two reasons for that.  First, the m17n =20
implementation was still pretty raw and I ran into bugs and =20
complications.  Those are almost completely resolved now.  The second =20=

reason was the lack of documentation, so I wrote some from what I had =20=

learned in converting the code.

Now there's a lot less pain.

>> To repay their monumental efforts, we complain and urge people to =20
>> stick with Ruby 1.8.  We must truly be the most ungrateful lot of =20
>> bums ever.
>
> Who's "we"? Speakly only for myself, I didn't ask for String to be
> changed in this way. And does the amount of effort which went in mean
> that I am forbidden from saying that I don't like the result?

It means that I think your comments are doing harm to the 1.9 =20
migration and I can't find the good you are doing to balance that.

James Edward Gray II


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