126427-127927

^ Joining two regexps
126427 [ehames gmail] I would like to join two regular expression, actually place a regexp
126431 [kig misfirin] RESPONSE = %r{SERVER #{IP_ADDRESS}}

^ [QUIZ] Animal Quiz (#15)
126450 [james graypr] 1.  Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this quiz until
+ 126747 [kero chello.] The first thing I thought was "Knowledge Representation" (expert systems
+ 126968 [heron jpl.na] Thought for a while how to express 2 types of
| 126970 [james graypr] That's priceless!  :D
+ 126983 [jim weirichh] For a very impressive version of this game, see http://20q.com.
| 127019 [james graypr] I really like how that one lists all the questions and their answers as
+ 126985 [jim weirichh] Here's my solution ...
  126987 [ruby-talk wh] These solutions are reminding me a lot of the install script that's used

^ Integer overflow in OCI8
126470 [mail excepti] I`m writing a tiny agent in ruby to simplyfy my daily dba jobs and
126527 [kubo jiubao.] The datatype of MAXBYTES is NUMBER whose scale and precision are not

^ [ANN] Instiki 0.9.2 - OSX build
126477 [alex verk.in] Dear all,

^ Anyone have a Debian equivs file for ruby?
126480 [nospam nospa] I installed ruby from source on Debian and would like to create an
126490 [BArmstrong d] note the "Binary:" link.  This lists every package the source package
126492 [BArmstrong d] Oh.  A word of caution, though.  The debian/rules for ruby1.8 specifies
126531 [nospam nospa] Much thanks for the feedback.
126534 [nospam nospa] oops
+ 126553 [csaba phony_] Uh... This is why I switched to Gentoo. :)
| 126820 [nospam nospa] It turns out that I didn't need to bother with all the equivs crap.  My
+ 126638 [halostatue g] And just *what* excuse do the Debian maintainers give for this

^ extconf.rb for Interbase on Windows
126484 [  eg jnk.jnk] I am trying to get a Ruby extension working under Windows XP and have
126517 [nobu.nokada ] That extocnf.rb doesn't seem to provide that option.
126523 [djberg96 hot] no avail.
126592 [  eg jnk.jnk] Thanks. That does it. I also forgot to set my vcvars32.bat (VC Net

^ Natalie, Sasha and Paris are looking for some web cam fun, its all free and they really want to meet you!............... 7Q11
126486 [wxcolabr yuy] Natalie

^ Problems Subscribing To ruby-announce
126489 [mark the-ben] I was just wondering anyone else has had trouble subscribing too, or

^ Irb and Ruby Separation
126494 [vanweerd gma] I've been wondering about why are irb and ruby separate programs.
+ 126495 [gfb tonesoft] They are not. irb is a ruby program. Here's the content of
| 126498 [vanweerd gma] Thanks.
| + 126502 [mailing-list] It interprets stdin instead.  irb is a completely separate project from
| | 126506 [aglarond gma] [shell prompt] ruby
| + 126533 [nobu.nokada ] It's in the ToDo list.
|   126557 [csaba phony_] I guess this transition mainly boils down to changing the parser/lexer
|   126559 [mailing-list] Eh, the transition mainly boils down to the patch that was included,
|   126563 [csaba phony_] Uh, I tought that's just the top of the iceberg...
+ 126499 [flgr ccan.de] The benefit is that IRB is a Ruby program, making it easier to patch it

^ Re: Ruby design question: lazy construction of object graph cont
126509 [georgesawyer] Instead of (class-scoped) constants, I think they must be frozen object

^ JRuby still under development?
126511 [matt.mower g] I'm looking into using the Drools (www.drools.org) rule engine for a
126659 [vanweerd gma] The JRuby mail list seems to indicate a 0.8 release in the next week or so.
126661 [matt.mower g] That's good news.

^ Handling fractions of seconds in strftime/strptime
126518 [skip pobox.c] I'm looking for a solution (or ideas about a solution) to the problem

^ [n00b] Garbage collection, Ruby C++ and SWIG
126555 [asbjoert ifi] I`m having trouble with an interface to a c++ library. It seems like
126577 [decoux moulo] Well, difficult to say without seeing the source but probably the problem
126814 [asbjoert ifi] The header file is located at http://folk.uio.no/asbjoert/MenuSystem.h
126832 [decoux moulo] Do diffpack (it's diffpack no ?), or one of the libraries (tk, mesa, ...)
126846 [asbjoert ifi] It was the diffpack program`s job to erase it`s object. I just had to make

^ [n00b] C++ extensions, GC, Ruby and SWIG
126562 [asbjoert ifi] This message is in MIME format.  The first part should be readable text,

^ Building, Packing and Distributing Ruby Applications
126570 [pan erikveen] This URL points to the place where I've dumped my thoughts
+ 126580 [itsme213 hot] Wonderful! Thanks very much for putting this together!
| 126584 [pan erikveen] With Dia [1]: "Dia is designed to be much like the commercial
+ 126759 [horacio.lope] I agree this is pretty nice to have, especially distributing
| + 126770 [alex verk.in] Have you ever tried to distribute a thick desktop Java application to a
| + 126774 [google erikv] Don't mix up an EXE with a JAR. An RBA is comparable to a JAR.
+ 126798 [martindemell] Thanks, that's a wonderful resource.

^ Unicode/multibyte string support in Ruby1.9/Ruby summary?
126571 [lists zara.6] If someone could summarize the recent Unicode/multibyte string
126595 [flgr ccan.de] Note that lots of this was recently discussed in [ruby-core:04146]. I'll
+ 126600 [decoux moulo] Are you sure ? or I've not understood what you are trying to say.
| 126611 [matz ruby-la] He's right, except that the encoding will be stored using the FL_USER
| 126670 [decoux moulo] My question was precisely about
| 126691 [matz ruby-la] I know that you know.  It's just for rest of us.
+ 126619 [lists zara.6] Thanks for the answers, Florian. Yes I was following the thread on
+ 126677 [rff_rff remo] an addition and two questions: the encoding of the source file will be
  126695 [nobu.nokada ] Since encodings may vary per files, so -K would not enough.

^ [ANN] Pimki 1.4
126572 [assaph gmail] - Integrated Instiki 0.9.2 fixes and additions
126773 [zoso foton.e] I've just downloaded Pimki 1.4 (the tgz, not gem or anything). I was using
126777 [assaph gmail] Copying the storage directory should work (specifically, the <port>
126779 [zoso foton.e] Thanks for the quick reply.
126780 [assaph gmail] Indeed strange. Has the process been running without interruptions for
+ 126816 [eduardo.fern] I am getting this
| + 126932 [assaph gmail] What page were you trying to access?
| + 126934 [assaph gmail] What page were you trying to access?
|   127026 [eduardo.fern] I didn't mention in my previous mail that I am migrating from version 1.2.
+ 126826 [zoso foton.e] Oooh... that's the problem, then, I guess :-) I only have it up and
  + 126859 [app1tam ups.] Hey Assaph,
  | 126922 [assaph gmail] I've changed the Markdown engine options and forgot to handle existing
  + 126919 [assaph gmail] You can change the time between snapshots. I will try to make this a
    127065 [zoso foton.e] I changed SNAPSHOT_INTERVAL to one hour, copied the data and all of that,

^ Ruby CMS
126581 [lgalea gmmso] I've seen some discussion around Ruby CMS solutions but not actually any
+ 126585 [wenn0029 tc.] I'm interested in this as well.  Would it be possible to use Rails as a
| + 126588 [lgalea gmmso] For sure!! But: I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if someone is already making
| | 126594 [chneukirchen] Why do you think Rails would be good choice to do a Ruby CMS?
| | 126596 [lgalea gmmso] Haha.. good question..
| + 126609 [david loudth] I know of a handful of CMS projects already happening in Rails. Most of
|   126613 [se digitale-] David, mine will be. But it is gonna take me a while, cause there is
|   126614 [wenn0029 tc.] MCMS?  You may want to take into account the confusion that this may
|   126629 [se digitale-] If it were from MS it would be called MSCMS. I don't think that they
+ 126634 [patrick hexa] I think the definition of CMS software is pretty blurry.  To me, CMS is
  126637 [jamesUNDERBA] Interesting.  CMS makes me think of an application that allows folks
  + 126641 [sera fhwang.] I agree with Patrick, it's a vague term. Think about it this way: CMS
  | + 126645 [se digitale-] I agree with all the points you mention. (I am only saying this so I
  | | 126657 [sera fhwang.] Right, but do you think that such a general CMS can satisfy the needs
  | | 126672 [se digitale-] No. No software can satisfy the needs of everybody. Not even Ruby ;)
  | + 126738 [lgalea gmmso] I'm going out on a limb here so please forgive any semantic failures on my
  |   126740 [lgomez vfxne] In my opinion, and having worked mainly on web projects that require
  + 126756 [patrick hexa] "content" and "data" are synonyms, as far as I can tell.  Tools for
    + 126767 [lgomez vfxne] Content Management Systems arise from the need to provide a simple or
    + 126799 [invalid inva] Well, they are a little bit more complex than that, the problem is that

^ SOAP4R: raise error with custom fault code
126589 [usenet1 nosp] Does anybody know how I can raise an SOAP error with a custom fault code
126653 [nakahiro sar] Soap4r does not support SOAP Fault Codes
126775 [usenet2 nosp] Thanks for your quick reply and implementation! I will test it as soon

^ [ANN] Ruby Vector Graphics 0.3.0
126599 [cyclists nc.] RVG is a library for drawing 2D graphics with an API based on the SVG
126601 [lgalea gmmso] Do you know of any libraries for ruby to render SVG to a raster file (for
126626 [cyclists nc.] You can use RMagick (http://rmagick.rubyforge.org) to convert _some_ SVG

^ Ogg Vorbis
126604 [asenchi asen] I am looking for Ogg Vorbis support in Ruby.  Mostly encode, file
126615 [flgr ccan.de] Moin.
126621 [asenchi asen] From my limited understanding, the DL library is for Windows?  I am in a linux
+ 126624 [flgr ccan.de] Works generally everywhere. It can be used for WinAPI or for writing
+ 126636 [flgr ccan.de] See below. (I could not attach this because my news server complained
  126797 [martindemell] 0..2, surely

^ Good Ruby Code (RE: why dosn't ruby support  // to comment?)
126606 [ruby-talk kl] Which brings to mind the question -- which of the applications on RAA are examples of exceptionally well written code?  I'm still
+ 126627 [cyclists nc.] ...
+ 126635 [jamesUNDERBA] You might do well to look at the libs shipped with the Ruby standard
+ 126644 [james graypr] I am naturally biased, but I believe Ruby Quiz is a great source fir

^ FAQ for comp.lang.ruby
126612 [hal9000 hype] RUBY NEWSGROUP FAQ -- Welcome to comp.lang.ruby!  (Revised 2004-10-16)

^ Setting and getting methods and variables
126622 [erlercw siu.] Object#instance_variable_set
+ 126628 [dblack wobbl] They sort of have to be scattered through different classes; the
| 126630 [eero.saynatk] What if that Object is a Hash or any other object that already
+ 126666 [csaba phony_] Either way, I don't feel these method names as problematic as they

^ [ANN] RedHanded welcomes two bloggers from Japan
126631 [ruby-talk wh] I know there's probably plenty of overlap between Ruby-Talk and
126632 [sroberts uni] Sounds great!
126633 [ruby-talk wh] Oh no, quite an omission: <http://redhanded.hobix.com/>

^ Fwd: [suby-ruby] Your all time desired fundemental Ruby mod
126639 [transami run] I'm taking a little poll.
+ 126652 [glenn.parker] Real OS-based threading.
| + 126655 [wenn0029 tc.] seconded.
| + 126662 [lucsky mac.c] +10
| + 126764 [john.carter ] I have used Ruby threading quite a bit and I must say I have _no_ desire
|   + 126765 [halostatue g] I more-or-less agree with John here -- I found Java's threading model
|   | 126771 [rff_rff remo] well, but at least it would be nice if they would'nt block everything
|   + 126778 [glenn.parker] I strongly disagree, but I've met enough folks that run screaming from
+ 126664 [csaba phony_] Docstrings.
| + 126682 [halostatue g] No, "memory burden" is quite valid. Come up with a clean way for Ruby
| | 126802 [csaba phony_] In fact, the present rdoc syntax would suffice. Just integrate rdoc with
| + 126692 [transami run] Could you briefly explain what are Docstrings?
| | 126698 [rff_rff remo] strings attached to a function/method/object in python world, i.e.
| | 126813 [transami run] Thanks. I think this is kind of funny in that I just spoke of REM and was
| + 126697 [sroberts uni] irb can be extended to support ri, why isn't this better than
|   127754 [csaba phony_] So then, why open-uri, you have curl, don't you?
+ 126679 [rff_rff remo] kill @@variables, and provide class_attr_reader and writer wich set/get
| + 126686 [rff_rff remo] that was "actor"
| + 126719 [glenn.parker] I'm very comfortable using the POSIX multi-threading model, but one or
+ 126681 [dblack wobbl] I would be happy to see class variables (@@var) disappear.  But I
| 126690 [transami run] But @@vars cut upwardly across the class hierarchy, which is a bit different.
| 126694 [dblack wobbl] You're right -- I meant to clarify that I'm talking about 2.0 class
| + 126794 [martindemell] I can think of at least one good us for the current @@ variables -
| | + 126818 [transami run] You would have to do it via class instance vars. The problem with these IMHO
| | | + 126844 [dblack wobbl] They're per-class too :-)  You'd need accessor methods, I think.
| | | | 126853 [transami run] Yes, of course: "via class instance thru via accessors" is waht I should have
| | | | + 126862 [dblack wobbl] I think once you've decided to include a module, you've unseparated
| | | | + 126946 [matz ruby-la] Initializing module instance variables are one of the things I want to
| | | |   + 126955 [eero.saynatk] Does it need to be fixed? I don't think instance variables belong in
| | | |   + 127015 [glenn.parker] module MM
| | | |   + 127108 [tsawyer gmai] to
| | | + 126984 [martindemell] How?
| | |   126992 [transami run] BTW I personally like your style: Button.@background ;)
| | |   126994 [martindemell] No, becaus the idea is that ImageButton will *not* inherit @background
| | |   127012 [transami run] You want it not to inherit? Do you mean the value of @background or the actual
| | |   127104 [martindemell] No, I want it to inherit, and I specifically want both Class.@background
| | |   127113 [martindemell] That is what I wanted, but now my head hurts trying to figure out why it
| | |   127170 [vjoel PATH.B] I snipped too much... the storage for #background was a constant called
| | + 126890 [rff_rff remo] constants ?
| |   126982 [martindemell] Constants aren't modifiable at run time (well, you aren't supposed to
| |   + 126989 [rff_rff remo] well, my problem is that thinking of somthing shared beetween a whole
| |   + 126993 [vjoel PATH.B] One limitation of @@var for this purpose is that a subclass cannot
| |     126998 [martindemell] Excellent! I'd forgotten about this.
| + 126824 [transami run] I generally agree with you. I wonder if @@vars could just become somesort of
|   126842 [dblack wobbl] Here you've got one object assigning to another object's instance
|   126851 [transami run] Except that class vars already do so in a sense in that they are accessable
|   126852 [dblack wobbl] Class vars themselves have that scope, but they don't set instance
|   126857 [transami run] I understand were your coming form, but in this case I don't think that's
|   + 126858 [transami run] I'm just presenting a way for a class to define the _default values_ of
|   + 126864 [dblack wobbl] My perspective is that this is already a specific, fully-designed
|     126865 [transami run] "Polite"? Bull-hockey. That is a hack!
|     + 126866 [transami run] Yikes! I have developed an email stutter ;)
|     + 126874 [dblack wobbl] It strikes me as a perfectly idiomatic way of writing a "getter"
|       126898 [flgr ccan.de] While I have not followed the whole discussion the above can be quite a
+ 126795 [martindemell] C-core lazy generators (or Icon's 'suspend', though I'm not sure how
| 126889 [rff_rff remo] aren't this a kind of coroutine? Can't you build them with callcc easily?
| 126981 [martindemell] Yes, but you take a huge performance hit, which is why I'd like to see a
+ 126827 [nospam nospa] Support for a ruby compiler.
+ 126870 [djberg96 hot] with a
| + 126876 [djberg96 hot] instance
| + 126980 [matz ruby-la] Double underscores are reserved for "private" instance variables that
+ 126893 [benjovi gmx.] 1) First of all, a faster VM, including opcode (YARV ?)
+ 126902 [google erikv] Get rid of RUBYOPT !!!
| 126907 [transami run] LOL. Now that's funny!!!
+ 127873 [cjs cynic.ne] 1. Consistent, concise syntax, with one simple way to do things.
  127927 [jeff opendbm] I second the optional runtime type checks. That is the only feature I'd like

^ Re: [suby-ruby] Your all time desired fundemental Ruby mod
126640 [joaopedrosa ] I/O tricks to emulate what is needed on Windows. Like the "gets"
126648 [bobcalco all] Rewrite it from scratch atop a multi-paradigm cross-platform VM such as the
126654 [ryand-ruby z] No more C code! Love ruby. Don't love ruby internals. I would like ruby
+ 126656 [kig misfirin] Couldn't think of much else.. well, there's the usual Marshallable
| 126684 [ jimm io.com] Two very different things: a truly cross-platform GUI and IO's
| + 126685 [petite.abeil] Not as fancy, but perhaps more practical: IUP (aka Portable User
| | 126701 [ jimm io.com] Hmm...Windows and Motif. I'm looking for OS X support as well,
| | 126706 [petite.abeil] Me too!
| | 126724 [james graypr] It's my opinion that a real OS X GUI needs to be Aqua based.  X11 is a
| | 126725 [james graypr] Just checking, are you aware of "rinda" in Ruby's standard library?
| | 126732 [glenn.parker] No, I hadn't really looked for it yet, but I'm not surprised to hear
| + 126703 [rff_rff remo] talking about Io and crossp'latform.. a student from robert feldt made a
| | + 126714 [transami run] I think ultimately that's the way to go, but I'm more inclined to bind to
| | + 126727 [kig misfirin] Interesting, is this anywhere to be found? Since, I need to write a GUI
| |   126737 [ryand-ruby z] I'm more a fan of make it right, make it work, make it fast.
| |   126745 [kig misfirin] It's definitely wrong if it doesn't work.
| + 126722 [james graypr] I honestly believe a "truly cross-platform GUI" to be one of the
|   + 126748 [kero chello.] and one more +1
|   | 126749 [brianm apach] Native thread support (maybe go hog wild and support native and
|   + 126768 [john.carter ] I will strongly agree with this one.
|   | 126803 [botp delmont] //I'm taking a little poll.
|   + 126863 [batkins57 gm] +84
+ 126868 [ruby-lists l] yeah. if my mod would be anything, it would be a mod
  126871 [ruby-lists l] a binding system that would allow ipc of
  126873 [ruby-lists l] underscores in most languages indicate 'things thou shall not touch'