From: apeiros@...
Date: 2009-11-10T06:50:00+09:00
Subject: Re: FileString - request for comments

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> Datum: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:25:08 +0900
> Von: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
> Betreff: Re: FileString - request for comments

> A good point!  You're probably right and I was too pessimistic.  I'd 
> love to see
> 
> fs[/foo(\w+)/, 1] = "bar"
> fs.gsub! /foo/, "bar"
> 
> etc. because those would be the ones that would make FileString 
> convenient for me.  :-)

Those already exist. Unfortunately optimizing regex matching is too involved as that I could have done that in 24h :)
Means fs[/foo(\w+)/, 1] = "bar" is just more convenient than writing:
data = File.read
data[/foo(\w+)/, 1] = "bar"
File.open(path, "w") { |fh| fh.write(data) }
But I think that's already quite worth it :)
I mean - that's just lots of boilerplate.

> Thanks for listening and sharing!

Always :D
The listening part has made me change the docs btw., I know hint on thinking about performance and probably just use a string and write back when all is done.

Regards
Stefan
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