[#363639] Parsing geonames — 12 34 <rubyforum@...>

A Ruby newbie having trouble getting results back from geonames

16 messages 2010/06/02
[#363641] Re: Parsing geonames — Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@...> 2010/06/02

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:57 PM, 12 34 <rubyforum@web.knobby.ws> wrote:

[#363642] Re: Parsing geonames — 12 34 <rubyforum@...> 2010/06/02

Michael Fellinger wrote:

[#363646] installation issue with Ruby gems on Ubuntu 8.04 — Santosh Dvn <santoshdvn@...>

Hi I am installing ruby gems on ubuntu 8.04 .. while installing i got

14 messages 2010/06/02

[#363662] having a class method called only one time ? — unbewusst.sein@... (Une B騅ue)

I'd like having a class method called only one time ?

12 messages 2010/06/02

[#363756] comparing objects — Anderson Leite <andersonlfl@...>

How can I compare two objects and get true if some of his atributes are

48 messages 2010/06/03
[#364122] Re: comparing objects — Rein Henrichs <reinh@...> 2010/06/10

On 2010-06-10 06:59:40 -0700, Robert Dober said:

[#363764] Documenting Ruby 1.9: Ebook or Wiki? — Run Paint Run Run <runrun@...>

I'm writing a free ebook about Ruby 1.9 at http://ruby.runpaint.org/ .

17 messages 2010/06/04
[#363765] Re: Documenting Ruby 1.9: Ebook or Wiki? — Mohit Sindhwani <mo_mail@...> 2010/06/04

On 4/6/2010 11:30 AM, Run Paint Run Run wrote:

[#363775] Looking for ORM for 'legacy' database. — Dave Howell <groups.2009a@...>

I feel I should start with some pre-emptive apologies. I used to =

28 messages 2010/06/04
[#363895] Re: Looking for ORM for 'legacy' database. — Phrogz <phrogz@...> 2010/06/06

On Jun 4, 3:29=A0am, Dave Howell <groups.20...@grandfenwick.net> wrote:

[#363975] Re: Looking for ORM for 'legacy' database. — Dave Howell <groups.2009a@...> 2010/06/07

[#363883] inject method of Array class — RichardSchollar <richardgschollar@...>

I have only just started using Ruby (and am a total noob, in case this

14 messages 2010/06/06

[#363944] Complex numbers contradiction? — Andrew Duncan <andrew.duncan@...>

This looks correct:

13 messages 2010/06/07
[#363951] Re: Complex numbers contradiction? — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...> 2010/06/07

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Andrew Duncan <andrew.duncan@sonos.com> wrote:

[#364010] Rubyzip - `dup': can't dup NilClass (TypeError) — Luka Stolyarov <lukich@...>

Hello. I've trying to figure out rubyzip. Here's the code I had:

11 messages 2010/06/08

[#364101] Why private #binding? — Intransition <transfire@...>

Why is #binding a private method? I end up doing a lot of this:

13 messages 2010/06/10

[#364268] State of the union for Ruby CLI libraries? — John Feminella <johnf@...>

I am starting construction on a somewhat complicated internal

18 messages 2010/06/13

[#364273] Loading a module without polluting my namespace — Hagbard Celine <sin3141592@...>

Hey folks!

20 messages 2010/06/13

[#364330] shorthand — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>

I read this once:

14 messages 2010/06/14

[#364342] Placement of require() and missing symbols — Eric MSP Veith <eveith@...>

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[#364365] Re: Placement of require() and missing symbols — Kirk Haines <wyhaines@...> 2010/06/15

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Eric MSP Veith

[#364371] datamapper blues — Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>

I'm investigating the use of DataMapper to convert an old project with

14 messages 2010/06/15

[#364402] Getting rid of self — Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>

22 messages 2010/06/16
[#364440] Re: Getting rid of self — Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...> 2010/06/16

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@dos32.com> wrote:

[#364415] Android apps using ruby — Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan <lakshmanan@...>

Hi,

16 messages 2010/06/16
[#364439] Re: Android apps using ruby — Andrew Kaspick <akaspick@...> 2010/06/16

Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan wrote:

[#364479] Re: Android apps using ruby — Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan <lakshmanan@...> 2010/06/17

Andrew Kaspick wrote:

[#364496] nothing new in ruby_core for four days ? — Michel Demazure <michel@...>

The Ruby Core forum has no new entry since four days ago.

15 messages 2010/06/17
[#364498] Re: nothing new in ruby_core for four days ? — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/06/17

Michel Demazure wrote:

[#364529] Dear gem: still no zlib. — Dave Howell <groups.2009a@...>

I really really regret ever installing SnowLeopard.=20

16 messages 2010/06/17

[#364580] String comparison. Why does Ruby consider this true? — Abder-rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...>

When I try for example to compare the following strings in Ruby, I get

13 messages 2010/06/18
[#364584] Re: String comparison. Why does Ruby consider this true? — Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...> 2010/06/18

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Abder-rahman Ali <

[#364628] Random Points within a Circle (#234) — Daniel Moore <yahivin@...>

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21 messages 2010/06/19
[#364696] Re: [QUIZ] Random Points within a Circle (#234) — Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...> 2010/06/21

On 6/19/10, Daniel Moore <yahivin@gmail.com> wrote:

[#364641] Namespacing a class — Eric MSP Veith <eveith@...>

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18 messages 2010/06/20

[#364815] Count substrings in string, scan too slow — Danny Challis <dannychallis@...>

Hello everyone,

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[#364817] Re: Count substrings in string, scan too slow — Jes俍 Gabriel y Gal疣 <jgabrielygalan@...> 2010/06/24

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Danny Challis <dannychallis@gmail.com> wro=

[#364825] Re: Count substrings in string, scan too slow — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/06/24

2010/6/24 Jes=FAs Gabriel y Gal=E1n <jgabrielygalan@gmail.com>:

[#364850] Happy Intransition Day! — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>

Happy Intransition Day!

23 messages 2010/06/24

[#364930] Ruby in JavaScript, all projects are dead? — Alexey Petrushin <axyd80@...>

Hello, recently I've examined some of the projects that trying to bring

18 messages 2010/06/27

[#364988] Reading String Data as a File — Doug Jolley <ddjolley@...>

I use Net::HTTP to collect some data as a string. I now need to pass

25 messages 2010/06/29
[#364989] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...> 2010/06/29

[#364996] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/06/29

Ryan Davis wrote:

[#365016] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Doug Jolley <ddjolley@...> 2010/06/29

> If it takes only a pathname argument, then you're

[#365024] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...> 2010/06/29

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Doug Jolley <ddjolley@gmail.com> wrote:

[#365036] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/06/30

2010/6/29 Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@medioh.com>:

[#365049] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/06/30

Robert Klemme wrote:

[#365039] pathname.rb:270: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix — "R.. Kumar 1.9.1 OSX" <sentinel1879@...>

/opt/local/lib/ruby1.9/1.9.1/pathname.rb:270: warning: `*' interpreted

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[#365048] Re: pathname.rb:270: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix — Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...> 2010/06/30

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:11 AM, R.. Kumar 1.9.1 OSX <sentinel1879@gmail.com

Re: Help with Ruby return types and documentation

From: Tasos Laskos <zapotek@...>
Date: 2010-06-22 18:03:54 UTC
List: ruby-talk #364736
Richard Conroy wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Tasos Laskos <zapotek@segfault.gr> 
> wrote:
>>
>> And of course I did all those things, I'm not an imbecile and I'm also
>> not bashing Ruby.
>>
>> I'd really like not to use IRB just to figure out an inheritance
>> hierarchy or the available method/attributes of an object.
>>
>>
> Hi Tasos,
>      I came from Java like yourself, so the absence of return type
> documentation really
> warped my head too, to start with. You really can't expect Ruby authors 
> to
> document
> return types like they do in Java - a Ruby method can return anything 
> from a
> method.
> In practice API writers are unlikely to be jerks about it - returned 
> objects
> tend to have
> a lot of consistency.
> 
> While you may not like the IRB option, in practice it is your fastest 
> path
> to understanding.
> However you should really take a look at awesome_print:
> 
> http://www.rubyinside.com/awesome_print-a-new-pretty-printer-for-your-ruby-objects-3208.html
> 
> Its a Ruby gem that puts pp (pretty print) on steroids, giving you a lot 
> of
> information about
> the objects, including its inheritance hierarchy, and the tree structure 
> of
> any Collections.
> 
> There isn't really a shortcut to learning Ruby libraries. Most don't 
> play
> mindgames with
> the return types. However HTML inspection APIs like nokogiri will be
> returning objects
> that represent complex HTML structures. I remember Hpricot being much 
> the
> same.
> 
> Its worth taking the library through IRB (and ap) for 30 minutes or so 
> with
> some test data,
> to get a feel for it.
> 
> regards,
> Richard.

Hi Richard,

Thanks a lot for your informative reply.

You missed the one about coming from Java --not a big fun-- but I do 
appreciate its documentation.

My background is in C and PHP.
PHP is dynamically typed too but the documentation is pretty clear about 
types and examples.

First day of Ruby today so I guess a working spider and half working 
analyzer isn't too bad of a progress.

I just have to get used to doing things the Ruby way, which I will 
eventually...unfortunately patience is not one of my qualities.

What might have sounded like hostility is actually eagerness. :)

Funny you should mention pretty_print and the like, I was just reading 
about it.
That should be a great help for me.

Time to setup awesome_print and get cracking with IRB.

Thanks again. :)
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