On 8/15/05, nobu.nokada / softhome.net <nobu.nokada / softhome.net> wrote: > At Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:16:13 +0900, > Trans wrote in [ruby-talk:152194]: > > Time is a core class of Ruby's. So why do we have to > > > > require 'time' > > > > in order to gain these seven methods? > > > > httpdate, iso8601, parse, rfc2822, rfc822, xmlschema, zone_offset > > > > What aren't they already there? (especailly #parse) > > I guess they are easier in ruby than C. Fair enough, but is there no way to make these available by default, just the same way that Time is? -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue / gmail.com * Alternate: austin / halostatue.ca