From: Dave <dave@...>
Date: 2003-05-20T15:10:35+09:00
Subject: Ruby reference recommendations

Hi, I'm new to Ruby, on my second day now, and I love the language so 
far, but there's one problem. The documentation I've found so far is 
pretty incomplete or at least hard to find info in. Is there a real Ruby 
reference out there on the web? I've got the Ruby manual, and I've 
checked out the "book" at rubycentral.com, but it's all incomplete.

For instance, what errors will File.new throw? When exactly does Ruby 
pass by reference and when does it copy the object? If you return an 
object from a function, does it copy that object, or does it return a 
reference? If it returns a reference like I think it does, does that 
provide the calling function with access to write to the returned object?

If there's a book out there I should buy, please let me know. 
rubycentral.com looks like a decent introduction to the language, but I 
need something a little more solid. Thanks in advance for your 
recommendations :)