[#54640] bRuby? — Austin Ziegler <austin@...>

Can anyone explain to me what Yuya's package bRuby

16 messages 2002/11/01
[#54646] Re: bRuby? — Matt Gushee <mgushee@...> 2002/11/01

On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 11:40:51AM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#55128] Re: bRuby? (Yet another Ruby parser) — ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) 2002/11/07

In article <20021107151904lBE13F@ohmsha.co.jp>,

[#54839] rubyconf notes — Pat Eyler <pate@...>

On Saturday Night, I recommended that attendees of Ruby Conf send off

38 messages 2002/11/04
[#54881] Matz Roundtable Summary (was Re: rubyconf notes) — Paul Duncan <pabs@...> 2002/11/05

Below is my pieced together summary of matz's roundtable summary. It's

[#54862] A vision for Parrot — Daniel Pfeiffer <occitan@...>

Hi,

80 messages 2002/11/04

[#54889] PGP on the list (was: Re: Matz Roundtable Summary) — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>

Paul Duncan (pabs@pablotron.org) wrote:

12 messages 2002/11/05

[#54906] Win32 support issues — "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@...>

<quote source="roundtable">

14 messages 2002/11/05

[#55091] PGP signatures — "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@...>

From: "Paul Duncan" <pabs@pablotron.org>

18 messages 2002/11/07

[#55149] Making Instace Variables Private/Local — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>

Hi Matz,

27 messages 2002/11/07

[#55221] CPAN Style installer — Tom Clarke <tom@...2i.com>

Hi all,

30 messages 2002/11/08
[#55233] Re: CPAN Style installer — ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) 2002/11/08

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211071926160.7998-100000@localhost.localdomain>,

[#55241] Re: CPAN Style installer — Tom Clarke <tom@...2i.com> 2002/11/08

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Phil Tomson wrote:

[#55290] Re: CPAN Style installer — " JamesBritt" <james@...> 2002/11/08

>

[#55291] Re: CPAN Style installer — tom <tom@...2i.com> 2002/11/08

On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, JamesBritt wrote:

[#55304] Re: CPAN Style installer — " JamesBritt" <james@...> 2002/11/08

> From: tom [mailto:tom@u2i.com]

[#55258] Beginner Question (Idiomatic way to subset an array — "Booth, Peter" <Peter.Booth@...>

I'm wondering if there is a more idiomatic way to do the following?

20 messages 2002/11/08
[#55261] Re: Beginner Question (Idiomatic way to subset an array — ahoward <ahoward@...> 2002/11/08

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Booth, Peter wrote:

[#55268] return MyClass.new vs self.type.send :new — ahoward <ahoward@...> 2002/11/08

[#55361] Lighting Rod — Eric Armstrong <eric.armstrong@...>

I love Ruby's smalltalk features. I really do.

16 messages 2002/11/09

[#55369] Why use 'include' — Eric Schwartz <emschwar@...>

As requested, here's a FAQ question & answer on the usage of modules

13 messages 2002/11/09

[#55372] Random idea: Procedural CGI?? — "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>

I've been musing about something today,

17 messages 2002/11/09

[#55442] Recording of the Ruby segement on LL2 — Yohanes Santoso <ysantoso@...>

Hi all,

22 messages 2002/11/09

[#55461] www.ruby-doc.org — " JamesBritt" <james@...>

Jim Freeze's presentation at RubyConf 2002 mentioned, among other things, the

18 messages 2002/11/10

[#55563] EuRuKo: European Ruby conference — Armin Roehrl <armin@...>

Hi all,

15 messages 2002/11/11

[#55571] ruby-dev summary 18613-18710 — TAKAHASHI Masayoshi <maki@...>

Hi all,

26 messages 2002/11/11
[#55926] Re: ruby-dev summary 18613-18710 — timsuth@... (Tim Sutherland) 2002/11/15

In article <20021112020739J.maki@rubycolor.org>, TAKAHASHI Masayoshi wrote:

[#55929] Re: ruby-dev summary 18613-18710 — dblack@... 2002/11/15

Hi --

[#55955] Re: ruby-dev summary 18613-18710 — timsuth@... (Tim Sutherland) 2002/11/15

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211142157370.25867-100000@candle.superlink.net>,

[#55750] Another Newbie question regarding instance variables? — montana <montana@...99.bsd.st>

The value of an instance variable is only available to the instance of the class, whereas the value of the class variable is available to all instances of the class? Is this correct?

10 messages 2002/11/13

[#55815] RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...>

I finally got the slides online from Rich Kilmer's FreeRIDE presentation at

40 messages 2002/11/14
[#55828] Re: RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — " JamesBritt" <james@...> 2002/11/14

>

[#55829] Re: RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...> 2002/11/14

JamesBritt wrote:

[#56087] Re: RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — Robert McGovern <tarasis@...> 2002/11/17

Curt Hibbs wrote:

[#56088] Re: RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — "Rich Kilmer" <rich@...> 2002/11/17

Extensibility IN RUBY was the key thing for us. We wanted the IDE to be

[#55818] regex help — "Shashank Date" <sdate@...>

Using ruby 1.7.3 (2002-10-12) [i386-mswin32] on Win XP (Home)

14 messages 2002/11/14

[#55842] Ruby equivalent to Python's map()? — wolfoxbr@... (Roberto Amorim)

Hi...

18 messages 2002/11/14

[#56045] Not really a ruby question, but this is a smart group. Win32 file.write timing. — jcb@... (MetalOne)

I am trying to write non-compressed video to a file at 40 fps.

16 messages 2002/11/16

[#56119] ruby-dev summary 18711-18810 — Minero Aoki <aamine@...>

Hi all,

34 messages 2002/11/18

[#56131] identing ruby in vim — Maur兤io <briqueabraque@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2002/11/18

[#56158] install.rb/setup.rb question — ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)

I want to install a script that will be run as an executable which isn't a

26 messages 2002/11/18

[#56250] Need help dynamically creating classes. — pgregory@... (Paul Gregory)

I have a system at the moment where I create 'things' based on a base

11 messages 2002/11/19

[#56300] untainted, unfrozen, honest-to-god session data! — "Chris" <nemo@...>

Hello,

12 messages 2002/11/20

[#56376] Interpreted vs compiled [FAQ] defining methods anywhere — Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>

Hello,

13 messages 2002/11/21
[#56378] Re: [FAQ] Interpreted vs compiled [FAQ] defining methods anywhere — "Iain 'Spoon' Truskett" <spoon-dated-1039065493.b360fd@...> 2002/11/21

* Daniel Carrera (dcarrera@math.umd.edu) [21 Nov 2002 16:07]:

[#56388] Ruby is too slow — jcb@... (MetalOne)

I have been writing some image processing algorithms that run on incoming

37 messages 2002/11/21

[#56440] Multiple constructors? — christopher.j.meisenzahl@...

18 messages 2002/11/21

[#56469] The ultimate Application — "Dat Nguyen" <thucdat@...>

13 messages 2002/11/21

[#56593] Ruby idom needed — Robert Cowham <rc@...>

What's the best ruby idiom for the following Perl:

23 messages 2002/11/24

[#56633] Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>

Hi,

56 messages 2002/11/25
[#56679] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...> 2002/11/25

Hi,

[#56694] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@...> 2002/11/26

From: "Simon Cozens" <simon@simon-cozens.org>

[#56695] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...> 2002/11/26

[#56722] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Austin Ziegler <austin@...> 2002/11/26

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:21:48 +0900, Daniel Carrera wrote:

[#56725] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...> 2002/11/26

> It's applicable to a small subset of the total set of classes.

[#56726] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@...> 2002/11/26

[#56729] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...> 2002/11/26

[snip]

[#56738] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — dblack@... 2002/11/26

Hi --

[#56744] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Jason Persampieri <helgaorg@...> 2002/11/26

> You're not changing the letter 'a' itself; you're

[#56764] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...> 2002/11/26

----- Original Message -----

[#56807] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Jason Persampieri <helgaorg@...> 2002/11/26

OK... I get it... I understood your argument (although

[#56812] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...> 2002/11/26

Jason Persampieri <helgaorg@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#56814] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — dblack@... 2002/11/26

Hi --

[#56665] FXRuby on Mandrake 8.2 — Ludo <coquelle@...>

Hi, could someone help a beginner rubyer please ?

15 messages 2002/11/25

[#56708] Default value of property — Tim Bates <tim@...>

I have an object, with a method that returns another object, or nil under

20 messages 2002/11/26

[#56719] each_with_index & collect_with_index? — Tim Bates <tim@...>

Array.each (and others) have an alternative .each_index which passes the index

34 messages 2002/11/26
[#56734] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — dblack@... 2002/11/26

Hi --

[#56800] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — Gordon Miller <gmiller@...> 2002/11/26

> As for the second.... I recently appointed myself President of

[#56845] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...> 2002/11/27

Gordon Miller (gmiller@promisemark.com) wrote:

[#56849] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — Jason Persampieri <helgaorg@...> 2002/11/27

> It would be really cool if, instead of having a

[#56851] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — dblack@... 2002/11/27

Hi --

[#56772] RCR: Stack, Queue alias methods in Array — Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>

Rationale: Ruby arrays can be easily used as stacks and queues, but it's

46 messages 2002/11/26
[#56793] Re: RCR: Stack, Queue alias methods in Array — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) 2002/11/26

Hi,

[#56797] Re: RCR: Stack, Queue alias methods in Array — Nikodemus Siivola <tsiivola@...> 2002/11/26

[#56967] call-by-reference problem again — Shannon Fang <xrfang@...>

Hi there,

23 messages 2002/11/27
[#56970] Re: call-by-reference problem again — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...> 2002/11/27

Shannon Fang <xrfang@hotmail.com> wrote:

[#56972] Re: call-by-reference problem again — Dave Thomas <Dave@...> 2002/11/27

William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@y.glue.umd.edu> writes:

[#57146] Ruby ++, the one element and generators — "MikkelFJ" <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>

21 messages 2002/11/30

[#57172] Numerical Ruby — Olivier Saut <Olivier.Saut@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2002/11/30

Re: Ruby Document

From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-11-30 17:45:20 UTC
List: ruby-talk #57133
Shannon Fang <xrfang@hotmail.com> writes:

> I feel a little frustrated with Ruby's documentation. I like the
> companion book "The Pragmatic Programmer". However, it is apparently not
> good enough to be a online manual. May be because I'm completely new to
> Ruby. I just feel lost. The following is some of my questions. They are
> all related to Ruby's syntax. Please note that I am not currently
> interested in the logic of the following example, just simply what the
> syntax mean.

You might want to look at the Window's help-file version of the book:
I believe that it is searchable. In the meantime, all these questions
(except the last) are answered in the chapter "The Ruby Language).

> 
> 1. In httpmail-0.3/ruby/dav.rb:
> 
> - class Unlock < ::Net::NetPrivate::HTTPRequest
> Q:  what is the :: before Net mean?

Page 214 "Scope of constants and variables"

> - define_http_method_interface :PropFind, true, true
> Q: what is the : before PropFind mean? From the menu I know that I can
> use attr_reader. It seems to me that attr_reader is a special directive.
> But from this example, define_http_method_interface seems a method. So I
> guess attr_reader is defined as a method in Object? Anyway, what is the
> colon before a variable mean?

It represents a literal of type symbol (page 207)

> 2. In \ruby\lib\ruby\1.6\net\http.rb:
> 
> - class << self
> Q: difference between << and < in class definition?

It defines a class based on the object 'self', which in a class
definition is the class itself (page 233, 243)

> - def HTTP.get( addr, path, port = nil )
> Q: difference between HTTP.get and HTTP#get? I vaguely know there are a
> notation of class method and instance method, but which is  which? and
> in a class, can I just say def get(...) without HTTP. ?

Its in the notation convention section of the preface: A#b denotes an
instance method 'b' of class 'A'.

> I have a lot more similar questions. When I read the html help file,
> I can not use search to find any information!
> 
> Could anyone please tell me how can I effectively find information about
> the GRAMMA of ruby? And please, if you know, explain the above syntax to
> me. Thanks a lot!!!

I don't think the grammar alone will help you too much. I recommend
reading at least chapter 18 (The Ruby Language) all the way through:
it should answer most of your questions.


Regards


Dave

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