From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-08-26T05:17:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Apollo, hidden password

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From: <helmut.brugger@gmx.net>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Apollo, hidden password


> >try "edit_pw.password_char".
> Fine it works, for example:
> edit_pw.password_char = 43 #-->***** 
> 
> 
> >throughout the library, the delphi method MethodName is converted to
> >method_name
> >it seems to accept only ascii values though, so this may be a bug worth
> >reporting.
> Whre can I report it?

I am not sure whether this is a bug or a feature. In general,
there is a fine line in Ruby between a character and a Fixnum.

You might at least use the ? notation to make the code clearer.

  edit_pw.password_char = ?*

But personally I would prefer passing in a one-character string,
as I expect you would.

Cheers,
Hal

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Hal Fulton
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