Strange IRB Syntax Error 2 59 (6/27/2003 7:26:40 AM)
Hi, while playing around a bit I encountered this: irb(main):001:0> RUBY_VERSION "1.7.3" irb(main):002:0> class Trivial irb(main):003:1> def initialize(n) irb(main):004:2> @n = n irb(main):005:2> end...
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method overloading? 4 59 (6/27/2003 4:43:42 AM)
Is there a way to implement method overloading in ruby? Naively I just defined two methods with the same name with different number of parameters...Ruby didn't like that. Donglai ...
donglai (8)

[suggestion] rubyunit - filename + exception expected 0 69 (6/27/2003 12:21:29 PM)
using the Rubyunit distributed with Ruby-1.8.0-preview3. I have an 'assert_exception' that fails.. ok. The filename rubyunit(test::unit) is outputting is annoying. Wouldn't it be an idea to output the file in...
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why can't I use $3somevar for global variable in ruby 1.8.0? 1 72 (6/27/2003 3:39:10 AM)
Hi, I'm new to Ruby programming and I just upgraded from 1.6.8 to 1.8.0 preview3. I noticed that I can no longer define global variables like $3somevar (an example of the error I get is attached below). Rub...
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Is there a Unit test tool distributed with 1.6? 2 65 (6/27/2003 2:48:46 AM)
I know there are several unit test tools (runit, lapidary, etc.) that are available. I was wondering if any particular one is distributed in 1.6 automatically? Also, what is planned along these lines for 1.8?...
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net::imap extension 0 70 (6/26/2003 10:01:18 PM)
hi rubyists! I recently made a small web-interface to some mail administration, it was a small and easy operation with the kind help ruby :) but... I found that Net::IMAP lacks ACL support, I know that it's ...
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have_library fails on SunOS 5.8 sun4u ?? 2 71 (6/26/2003 4:29:11 PM)
rubyists- i'm trying to compile the ruby-postgres package, and it seems that 'have_library' is not working on SunOS 5.8 sun4u?? for example: /tmp/vtrcs/ruby-postgres-0.7.1 > uname -srm SunOS 5.8 sun4u /tmp...
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[WIN32OLE] Outlook Automation Question 0 69 (6/26/2003 3:54:03 PM)
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00BC_01C33BD1.368279B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am running a script to grab emails ou...
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String#split(' ') and whitespace (perl user's surprise) 3 75 (6/26/2003 12:02:32 PM)
I have to confess that I use a lot of Perl, and some of its idioms are deeply embedded in my mind. Im the course of parsing some data in Ruby I used a fragment of code like rules.each_line do |rule| ...
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icfp03 0 57 (6/26/2003 11:22:21 AM)
Besides the wiki page, there is also a mailing list by now. Please see here for the subscription address: Wiki Page: http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?ICFP03 Tobias ...
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