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^ Code beautifiers, anyone?
210306 [kyrreny broa] I'm looking for the best ways to create a line of code beautification
+ 210312 [ruby anthrop] } I'm looking for the best ways to create a line of code beautification
| 210369 [kyrreny broa] Please explain yourself Greg?
+ 210323 [rdm cfcl.com] I agree strongly with the importance of having clean,
+ 210370 [collinsj sea] This topic has come up before...I see you found some projects focused on
| + 210410 [malvim gmail] Yes, that is probably a problem for someone who wants to create a code
| + 210615 [kyrreny broa] Yes you are absolutely right. I have to put a lot of thought into
+ 210423 [nospam nosit] I have written a relatively primitive Ruby beautifier (written in Ruby) that
+ 210617 [kyrreny broa] A lot of respect to you for creating it man, it's a beautiful script
+ 210619 [pbattley gma] Thanks! I'm using your beautifier, and finding it pretty robust. I
210822 [nospam nosit] / ...
^ Ruby-Lang Redesign Feedback
210314 [ng johnwlong] At about 4 this afternoon we are going to commence discussion of the
210324 [gavin refine] 4...in what timezone? 0400 GMT?
+ 210326 [ng johnwlong] Good question. Eastern.
+ 210338 [lukfugl gmai] ...
210613 [kyrreny broa] On http://redhanded.hobix.com/redesign2005/
+ 210618 [ng johnwlong] Kyree, we have asked that discussion of the new redesign take place on
+ 210621 [james graypr] We look forward to your site design submission and will definitely
+ 210689 [perrin apoth] I've been reading their stuff for years, and you're right -- these
210699 [ng johnwlong] John Long
210703 [james.britt ] At dinner recently with a gang of Rubyists, someone mentioned that
+ 210704 [perrin apoth] Considering my reply was to someone's overenthusiastic critique, and was
| 210707 [james.britt ] Nothing veiled, no mark to miss; there was no insult intended.
+ 210712 [bulliver bad] charset="iso-8859-1"
| + 210714 [curi curi.us] Heh. I don't think companies post (and often pay for) job ads as a
| | 210716 [bulliver bad] charset="iso-8859-1"
| + 210720 [hal9000 hype] Agreed. In fact, I think despite their request, it's still permissible
| + 210732 [james graypr] Building this site has not been easy for us.
+ 210721 [ruby-talk wh] I have hired every one of those people. And wouldn't you know it -- they make
210722 [hal9000 hype] How delightfully ambiguous. Like the old headline
210724 [rdm cfcl.com] Tom Christiansen (of Perl fame) likes this example of
^ bad for Ruby in RUBY
210321 [bitdoger2 ya] ...in the topic today Ruby in Ruby....talk about a hacking game using
+ 210343 [wccrawford g] I have to totally disagree with that. As far as going mainstream,
+ 210347 [robert.dober] assume I shared it.
210361 [bitdoger2 ya] just let me paraphrase a wall street journal article that i read a long
+ 210363 [collinsj sea] We aren't competing. This isn't a business.
+ 210364 [cutter38 gma] Um....ok.
210367 [bitdoger2 ya] ...we are competing for mindshare ... and C & Perl had different
210427 [robert.dober] ok but where would you put Ruby then?
^ HistoryHash --was: A use case for an ordered Hash
210325 [software617r] the first is the semantics of replacement,
^ Hash again
210335 [robert.dober] Following suit with the main trend, talking Hashes ;)
210444 [david vallne] The literal probably "compiles" to something like
^ Redefining class
210354 [hsavr yahoo.] Thank you, guys, for help with my previous problems. With your
210392 [ mfp acm.org] class X; end
210466 [rick.denatal] Really? Was this under 1.8.x or 1.9, I'd be surprised if it was
210478 [ mfp acm.org] ==
210504 [rick.denatal] Okay, I missed that, I guess it's time for new eyeglasses.
210984 [dblack wobbl] Or eigenglasses :-)
^ Ruby search
210355 [hsavr yahoo.] I want to manage the way how Ruby searches modules to load. I found,
+ 210374 [james graypr] => ["/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8", "/usr/local/lib/ruby/
+ 210387 [vjoel path.b] The _variable_ is read only, but the _object_ that it refers to (an
^ That's Ruby, Virginia!
210356 [hsavr yahoo.] def array_101
+ 210366 [its.sec gmx.] for i in 0 ... self.length
| 210852 [hsavr yahoo.] Thank you, guys for trying to fix the code. Sure, I had 1001 way to fix
| + 211178 [hsavr yahoo.] Well, that is a modification. No public\private\irb etc... :)))
| | 211249 [m_goldberg a] I don't want to rain on your parade, especially because I can't
| | 212363 [hsavr yahoo.] Well,
| | + 212368 [logancapaldo] It's a new array of size 1 though.
| | | 212374 [hsavr yahoo.] Thank you very much, Logan Capaldo.
| | + 212372 [rimantas gma] => [1...5]
| | 212375 [hsavr yahoo.] While I was writing, I got another message, thank you, Rimantas
| + 211253 [ruby muerman] It was a bug in your code. You used [0..value] when you should have
| 212357 [hsavr yahoo.] Why,
+ 210439 [w_a_x_man ya] class Array
| 210448 [ruby muerman] Much better this way.
+ 210460 [hal9000 hype] it should do. It iterated over the
+ 210487 [m_goldberg a] Your code only works in irb. You get an error, as you should, if you
210634 [rick.denatal] It doesn't it gets added to the Kernel module, just like in real Ruby.
210694 [m_goldberg a] Thanks. You've cleared up my confusion as to why array_101 accepts an
^ PDF::Writer#x
210373 [dan eparklab] Is there a way to get the current x position like you can get the
210391 [halostatue g] No.
^ do not understand this closure
210375 [bitdoger2 ya] in The Ruby Way...chap 1...a crude example of closure doesn't work as
+ 210376 [ara.t.howard] ^ ^
+ 210378 [martindemell] You want square[11] or square.call(11)
210381 [rakrok gmail] Is there any way to have a proc object be callable identically to a method,
+ 210385 [martindemell] No, mostly because () is not a method, it's syntax. [] on the other
| 210399 [bitdoger2 ya] oka...please explain for me where |base| parameter is comming
+ 210394 [ara.t.howard] def the_method() 'namespace one' end
| + 210401 [rakrok gmail] Awesome -- I was wondering about that. Thanks.
| + 210402 [ mfp acm.org] $ cat proc.rb
| 210405 [ara.t.howard] huh. so '()' is a method name now?
| 210413 [ mfp acm.org] RUBY_VERSION # => "1.9.0"
| 210416 [ara.t.howard] hmmm. seems pointless. unless i can do
+ 210462 [hal9000 hype] I think it's difficult. Ruby distinguishes between method names
210464 [rakrok gmail] Perhaps this could be an rcr? I'm having trouble seeing why Ruby would
210465 [hal9000 hype] I just tried to explain why. A proc is stored in a variable.
210468 [rakrok gmail] This would fail just like a.call() would fail.
+ 210470 [dblack wobbl] That's never going to work. It would quickly become a nightmare of
| 210517 [perrin apoth] . . . except that in Lisps the () is list syntax, and the reason
| 210558 [musical.matt] True, I was thinking of invocation and typed () where that doesn't
| 210561 [perrin apoth] I wasn't aware of that -- it seems like a pretty severe (if rarely
| 210579 [musical.matt] This has been changed in Ruby 1.9 so it seems to open the possibility
+ 210556 [martindemell] Read up on the difference between a lisp 1 and a lisp 2. (Which is not
^ continuation called across trap
210377 [youngh caida] Does anyone know what the rather mysterious error "continuation
^ postgres-pr driver
210380 [junkone1 gma] I am looking for some examples with the postgres-pr gem. especially
^ import txt file to mysql with ruby & load data local ??
210393 [cit403 hotma] I'm trying to run this sql from within a ruby program
210425 [nospam nosit] Yes, if it will work with MySQL directly, it should work here as well.
^ [SUMMARY] QAPrototype (#91)
210395 [james graypr] While this quiz is based on the fun idea of an interactive Ruby conversation,
^ XLib (specifically, the swig xlib wrapper)
210407 [asivitz ober] I want to write a window manager in Ruby (or at least, write some sort
211153 [hramrach cen] Last time I looked at ruby-xlib-wrap it was far from ideal. The
211212 [kero chello.] My Ruby/Wise is indeed incomplete.
^ (kein Betreff)
210408 [LHuynh-Huu g] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
^ Re: cURL in ruby? Faster than Net::HTTP? [OT]
210412 [david vallne] Odds are the process startup would take up more time than you'd gain.
^ inline yaml arrays (was Re: YAML or CSV?)
210418 [ruby-talk wh] Right, the 'inline' is a formatting style.
210419 [ara.t.howard] i really rely on this these days - please don't change! ;-)
210422 [ruby-talk wh] Me too! I rely on it, too!
^ Need Help With Net::HTTP
210428 [el.pibe06 ho] been learning it to make programs which goes to an online game webpage,
210429 [el.pibe06 ho] Oh and I forgot to put I checked at Google but havent really found any
+ 210432 [wccrawford g] That kind of thing?
| 210434 [el.pibe06 ho] Yes :D! Thank you. If anyone has more resources then that would be great
+ 210463 [cdc cyphers.] Out of curiosity, what are you using for your search string? Here I'm
+ 210501 [aaron_patter] Try WWW::Mechanize. http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/
^ Alternative to String#to_i ?
210435 [jeremy.lizt ] Is there an alternative method to String#to_i that will return nil
+ 210437 [billk cts.co] Integer("123") # => 123
+ 210438 [ara.t.howard] int = Integer string
| 210442 [dblack wobbl] That will raise an ArgumentError if string is invalid for the purpose.
+ 210440 [robin nibor.] => 1
+ 210441 [dblack wobbl] I don't think there's one that will do that out of the box, but you
+ 210443 [james graypr] from (irb):2:in `Integer'
+ 210450 [jeremy.lizt ] Thanks to everyone for the quick response. The Integer suggestion works
+ 210453 [ara.t.howard] fyi.
+ 210469 [dblack wobbl] def string_to_i(str)
210479 [Gennady.Byst] Likewise ;-)
210482 [dblack wobbl] The only reason I like mine better than yours is that mine gives nil
210592 [Gennady.Byst] You win :-) -- I like yours too, acrually. Simply could not resist, as
210600 [robert.dober] Let us get rid of the evil if/unless though
^ [(CORE/)LIB:PROPOSAL/DISCUSSION] Rifling Through Smalltalk's Drawers
210458 [thoran thora] Dear Rubytalkers,
+ 210477 [james graypr] If you're trying to win us over to the idea with your message title,
| + 210488 [pat.eyler gm] I agree completely, the idea was interesting but almost overpowered by
| | 210524 [ryand-ruby z] thirded... partially to agree, and partially to demonstrate that
| + 210601 [robert.dober] YUP
+ 210571 [chneukirchen] It's called "around advice" because the function to define it is
210593 [cutter38 gma] Bad subject line aside, I still feel it's a worthy discussion that I'd love
^ Determinig if 3 characters in a row are the same?
210471 [bjohnson med] Sorry for the noob question, but is there a fast and efficient way to
+ 210473 [vjoel path.b] irb(main):001:0> s1 = "1234aaa567"
+ 210474 [TimHunter nc] irb(main):004:0> m = /(.)\1\1/.match('zyzyzxxx010101')
+ 210480 [ara.t.howard] require 'yaml'
| 210481 [vjoel path.b] irb(main):005:0> re = %r/(...*?)\1/
| 210483 [wccrawford g] I think he interpreted it as '3 characters in a row, twice in the
| 210484 [wccrawford g] Sorry, that's 3 (or more) characters in a row, then the same characters
+ 210485 [m_goldberg a] Here is a minor variation that's good to keep in mind should you ever
^ Creating/Installing a gem from a SVN repository?
210490 [joeat303 yah] Is there an easy way to create a Ruby gem, or install a Ruby gem, from
210495 [ruby-talk wh] svn co http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/svn/markaby/trunk markaby
210520 [joeat303 yah] Thanks why, but after doing that and uninstalling Markaby 0.4, Mongrel
210522 [joeat303 yah] Well, I tried also adding "require 'markaby/rails'" and that got rid of
+ 210544 [wccrawford g] Did you try
+ 210606 [ruby-talk wh] Right. This new version of Markaby is much more strict about its use of
214871 [joeat303 yah] Hey Why,
^ What's the Ruby Way to hide class helpers?
210492 [ news jay.fm] class C
210500 [vjoel path.b] Why not just stick internal_helper in a nested module? (Or does
210550 [ news jay.fm] That works for me in the current case; internal_helper routines don't need
^ RubyConf*MI open spot
210496 [headius head] I'm not sure if RubyConf*MI is sold out or not, but my registration is
^ Calculating Odds
210499 [curi curi.us] I used Ruby to calculate which team will win Warcraft 3 matches
^ Can Anyone Explain This Memory Leak?
210506 [zedshaw zeds] Sorry to get your attention. :-)
+ 210507 [ara.t.howard] i don't think you have a leak. try running under electric fence (ef). when i
| + 210509 [srinivas.j s] And why Apache with pre-fork is good for long-running applications :-)
| | 210514 [ara.t.howard] amen!
| + 210511 [vjoel path.b] So, to test this hypothesis, the OP could try to instantiate a large
| | 210516 [zedshaw zeds] This is actually what I refer to in the no-Mutex situation. Create a
| + 210512 [zedshaw zeds] Nope, I can't agree with this because the ram goes up, the OS will kill
| + 210518 [ara.t.howard] that makes perfect sense. with the gaurd only one thread at a time can be
| + 210519 [ara.t.howard] "A couple of things: Some `malloc' implementations use mmap() to allocate
| | 210771 [zedshaw zeds] So, a posting to a news group from some guy in 2001 (5 years old) and a
| | + 211231 [drbrain segm] rev=1.90.2.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&only_with_tag=RELENG_6
| | | 211276 [gwtmp01 mac.] Gary Wright
| | + 211273 [gwtmp01 mac.] Run your code under a process trace program such as ktrace (Mac OS X).
| | 211427 [llasram gmai] I posted this earlier, but gmane seems to have snarfed it. Apologies if it
| | 211433 [gwtmp01 mac.] Right, so brk/sbrk, but in the environment you are testing, the
| + 210568 [znmeb cesmai] I've had a lot of experience with the "bizarre" behavior of the Linux
| 210651 [cdc cyphers.] This isn't considered bizarre behavior and in fact is a feature. Even
| 210653 [ara.t.howard] convincing zed of this might be hard ;-)
+ 210508 [ksruby gmail] Have you tried to run it with the latest 1.8.5 prerelease?
| 210513 [zedshaw zeds] You gotta be kidding me. A damn bug? Oh no, according to ara.t.howard
+ 210965 [llasram gmai] On an otherwise quiet GNU/Linux system, I ran each of your scripts for half an
210974 [znmeb cesmai] I'm more interested in what these tests do on Solaris :). We have
^ [ANN] Piston 1.0.1 - Remote Repository Copying
210510 [francois.bea] Piston is a utility that enables merge tracking of remoterepositories. This is similar to svn:externals, except you have alocal copy of the files, which you can modify at will. As long as thechanges are mergeable, you should have no problems.
+ 210620 [ezmobius gma] Very cool Francois!
| 210627 [tfwright tho] From the Ruby-Talk list. I didn't look into this too closely, but it
| 210630 [tfwright tho] How embarrassing--normally I am capable of using email. Please disregard.
+ 210644 [joshknowles ] Nice work Francois! After reading the website a question I still had was
210645 [francois.bea] Piston copies the contents of the remote repository to your localworking copy. It then svn adds it. So, you really have the fileslocally, ready to be changed / updated.
210655 [jeremy bitsw] Piston copies the contents of the remote repository to your local
210807 [francois.bea] 2006/8/25, Jeremy Kemper <jeremy@bitsweat.net>:> svn export url here> svn add here> svn propset merge-point 1234 here> svn propget merge-point here> svn diff -r1234 url | patch -p0> svn propset merge-point 4567
^ Collections of structured-data objects: what approach?
210515 [checkforreal] I'm new to Ruby, though not to programming in general. So I'm looking around
+ 210521 [alex blackke] You can get away with just using an Array for almost all of this.
| 210529 [checkforreal] Ah-ha! Thanks for getting me on the right track.
| + 210530 [alex blackke] a = "foo"
| | 210673 [checkforreal] Thanks,
| + 211404 [dblack wobbl] Actually I don't talk about Array#insert, so my description of it
| 211694 [checkforreal] ... and for balance, I should say that I *am* enjoying other parts of the
+ 210527 [shortcutter ] For the sake of discussion I present a different approach. As long as
210661 [checkforreal] as in several of your methods?
+ 210678 [toalett gmai] Ruby returns the last value of a method. self on a line by itself returns self.
| 210845 [checkforreal] Thanks for your reply....
+ 210709 [shortcutter ] Simen answered that one. As an additional note, traditionally #each
210853 [checkforreal] Thanks, and...
210903 [shortcutter ] You're welcome!
^ Ruby 1.8.5 released
210528 [matz ruby-la] We have just released the latest stable version of Ruby.
+ 210537 [ mfp acm.org] Good news!
| + 210549 [mortench gma] Great! I can't wait for the Windows Installer version of Ruby 1.8.5
| | + 210562 [dave burt.id] I don't think that version of Microsoft's programming suite is due for
| | + 210692 [halostatue g] Not until certain things have been worked out. ;)
| | 211087 [snail objmed] I hope not. Visual Studio 8.0 has introduced all sorts of stupidities to
| | + 211090 [jan.svitok g] The name to look for is SideBySide. There is some redistributable
| | + 211164 [ml.chibbs gm] I can tell you for a fact that 1.8.5 version of the One-Click
| + 210572 [transfire gm] #pretty_inspect, How's that different from #pp and why not just #pi?
| + 210573 [ara.t.howard] thanks mauricio!
| + 210581 [prakash.diby] Thanks...this is great.
+ 210758 [acangiano gm] Thank you matz. :-)
210781 [ryan.raaum g] Which compiler toolset? mingw? vc6? something else?
210844 [acangiano gm] I've used VC 7.1 (Visual C++ Toolkit 2003).
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