From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2010-10-05T11:06:59+09:00
Subject: Re: How to suppress display of specific code in irb??


On Oct 4, 2010, at 18:53 , Don Norcott wrote:

> 
> Sorry I seem to hit a sore spot.  I have no problem with the 
> answers/explanations given.  I have read multiple tutorials but they are 
> not a good reference source.  I have downloaded both core and std 
> library documentation but it is difficult to retrieve info from as you 
> must know what your after before you start looking.
> 
> I guess I am looking for a non-HTML document that contains the Ruby 
> spec(like the 'ANSI C Standard' documentation). If such a creature 
> exists I would appreciated a pointer to it.

There is [1], but like the ANSI C standard, it only goes over the core language. I don't think there is an effort to define a specification for the ruby standard library.


[1]: http://www.ipa.go.jp/software/open/ossc/english/ruby/ruby_draft_specification.html