From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2002-07-09T04:03:10+09:00
Subject: Re: String#each

Has no one else read this post?

On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 05:24, Massimiliano Mirra wrote:
> Imagine this...
> 
> There is a 16compat.rb file in ruby1.8 lib directory.  By requiring
> it, all language features that have been changed (not added) in 1.8
> assume 1.6 behaviour.  You could put a require 'compat16' in your
> script, and you would be sure that, if it ran under 1.6, it will run
> for you.  You could even set that system-wide to be sure (e.g. `ruby'
> is really a script containing `ruby -rcompat1.6') and require
> 'compat18' for new projects.  Most important, by doing so on the new
> project, whatever change will happen in ruby2.0 you already know your
> script will still run because compat18.rb in ruby2.0 will take care of
> it...
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Massimiliano

i'm waiting to here what others think. i am hopeful that this will be in
our ruby-futures.

perhaps this idea should be moved to a new thread?

~transami