From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2002-09-13T02:40:47+09:00
Subject: RubyInline and CrossPlatform concerns (was: Windows XP : RubyInline 1.0.4 Released!)


On Wednesday, Sep 11, 2002, at 23:19 US/Pacific, Park Heesob wrote:

>     tmpdir = ENV['TMP'] + "/.ruby_inline"

I've left /tmp in favor of the home directory. Is there something like 
ENV['HOME'] on win?

Further, this change of yours doesn't reflect the option of using 
ENV['INLINEDIR']. Any reason why?

>       # Compiling
>       cmd = "#{cc} -o #{so_name} #{src_name} #{libs}".gsub('/','\\') +
>         " -link /INCREMENTAL:no /EXPORT:Init_#{mod_name}"
>       `#{cmd}`
>     end

Why didn't rbconfig add the -link line that you have above? I'm not 
willing or able to accept this change as-is, because that _should_ be 
part of your rbconfig setup, if it isn't, then that wasn't the way ruby 
was built and it is suspect. This change makes this section no longer 
platform independent. This is further tangled by the gsub, as if the 
-link section did come from rbconfig, then the gsub would mess it up.

Finally, the ".gsub('/', '\\')" is also not platform independent. I'm 
frustrated that it's even necessary. As I understand it, perl just 
automatically changes things like that (at least on open and other 
obvious file references). Python has the very useful 'os' module. Is 
this something that we need? How should I deal with this?

Suggestions?