From: "Zachary P. Landau" <kapheine@...>
Date: 2004-01-15T14:11:03+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby 1.8.1 windows installer

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> > Especially if you want a version for 1.8, if we all just send them=20
> >cheques for it before its printed can they but create it?
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> I've got the class and module library section all updated, but I'm=20
> struggling knowing what to do with the standard library. In 1.8 it's=20
> now enormous, and documenting it all at the same level of detail as the=
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> 1.6 book does would be a gigantic task. Would people be upset if any=20
> new version of the book had a more synoptic overview of the library=20
> (things like yaml, opensll, etc)

I almost never reference the library section of the Pickaxe book. It was
nice when I was first learning Ruby because I could flip through it to
get an idea of what was included. Now that I know the language, I almost
exclusively use ri for library stuff. After that, I check the ruby-talk
archives or just plain google.

It'd probably be good to update the current library reference with
changes from 1.8. Then at the end you could mention the new libraries
and briefly what they do.

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