From: Andrew Cowan <icculus@...>
Date: 2002-10-04T04:26:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby vec() command equivalent?

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In message "Ruby vec() command equivalent?"
>     on 02/10/04, Andrew Cowan <icculus@gmdstudios.com> writes:
> 
> |In perl I can do this:
> |
> |vec(expr, offset, bits)
> |
> |which is needed in non-blocking socket operations for data read and write
> |selects.
> |
> |Is there a Ruby equivalent for this?
> |If not, anyone have a workaround for what vec() does?
> 
> You can use
> 
>   IO::select([fd1, fd2, fd3], [fd4, fd5], nil, timeout)
> 
> no vec() is needed.  But if you really need vec() equivalent, how
> about Robert Feldt's BitVector?
> 
> See <http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa-list.rhtml?name=BitVector>.
> 
> matz.
> 
> 

Ahh, I will try your suggestion and look into the BitVector extension as 
well, thank you!

-Andy

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