From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2010-08-22T14:39:22+09:00
Subject: Ocra chat list?;  Ocra crashes;  Subclassing String

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1) Is there an active OCRA chat list?

2) When I use OCRA to create an executable, the executable crashes before the first puts is executed.

I _tentatively_ have isolated the problem to subclassing String. ...


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class PathnameString < String
  def initialize(arg)
    super arg
  end
  
  def is_root_directory?
    !((self.convert_forward_slash_to_back_slash.strip =~ /^[A-Za-z]:\\$/).nil?)
  end

  def convert_forward_slash_to_back_slash
    self.class.new(self.gsub(/\//, "\\"))
  end
 
  ...

end
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Assuming that it is this subclassing that is causing OCRA difficulties, do any of the gurus here know what I might have to do get OCRA to understand the subclassing?

In the alternate ... I will have to change this from an ISA method to a HASA method with a ton of delegates.   Is there a good Ruby way to do that? 

Does using a ghost method sound like a good idea here?


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