From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2004-04-01T19:14:29+09:00
Subject: Re: string !~ string, not possible in cvshead

On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:22:36 +0900, Gennady Bystritsky wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2004, at 7:49 PM, Simon Strandgaard wrote:
> 
>> While upgrading and reinstalling misc modules I regulary use, I bumped
>> into this construction.  I don't know if the recent switch from GNU to
>> Oniguruma has broken anything ?
>>
>> Any reason that String isn't allowed anymore ?
> 
> This behavior was kind of "promised" starting from 1.8:
> 
> [mac.gfbm:51]bystr> irb
> irb(main):001:0> "aaa" !~ "bbb"
> (irb):1: warning: string =~ string will be obsolete; use explicit regexp
> => true
> irb(main):002:0>
> [mac.gfbm:52]bystr> ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [powerpc-darwin]
> 

Thanks for the answer. 

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Simon Strandgaard