[#342970] JRuby, ffi, bad file descriptor — Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Hi,
Hmm, did you post this to JRuby dev list or ruby-ffi list yet? Could
Got the source of that temp.rb handy? It looks like it's passing a
[#342989] Yet another MySQL issue on WinXP — Perdikis Perdikis <mmx38@...>
I know that my questions will NOT be answered even thogh are pretty
[#343006] using git for projects with multiple gems on rubyforge — Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
[#343034] RUBY vs COMMON LISP — fft1976 <fft1976@...>
On Aug 1, 8:55m, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
fft1976 <fft1976@gmail.com> writes:
[#343041] qtruby overrides "to_s" depending on user's LOCALES — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>
Hi, is it an appropiate list for asking about QtRuby?
On Sunday 02 August 2009, I単aki Baz Castillo wrote:
El Domingo, 2 de Agosto de 2009, Stefano Crocco escribi坦:
[#343050] does anyone have Ruby 1.9 64b for Windows working? — Nick Brown <nick@...>
The "one click installer" is great, but the Ruby website provides no
2009/8/2 Nick Brown <nick@nick-brown.com>
[#343054] Inconsistency in Array#[] — Wojciech Piekutowski <w.piekutowski@...>
Disclaimer: I know what docs say, but I'd prefer a different
On Aug 3, 4:38m, Harry Kakueki <list.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
[#343056] SciTE Hangs with gets() — Jeffrey Van alstine <jvanalstine1@...>
I'm new to ruby, and coming from a C++/C# world it would be wonderful if
[#343087] Instant Rails Replacement? — frank peterson <fictionalperson@...>
Is there a standalone (non-installable) way to get Ruby to run?
[#343100] Good web design — Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Sorry for the OT, but I figure there must be other people on this list
[#343113] Best way to implement animated chart in ruby — Diego Bernardes <di3go.bernardes@...>
I need to implement a animated chart in ruby, im using gtk.
[#343121] libxml in production — "Vince W." <vince71@...>
I'm having an issue loading libxml in production. On the same machine:
[#343128] How to extract only needed attribute from an array — "Thriving K." <superdisconnect@...>
[#343135] Kind of ParsTree for 1.9.1 — Macario Ortega <macarui@...>
Robert Dober wrote:
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Macario Ortega <macarui@gmail.com> wrote:
Tony Arcieri wrote:
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Macario Ortega<macarui@gmail.com> wrote:
[#343151] Spreadsheet link to a file — as <nosp@...>
[#343172] Python and ruby together? — Gwen Morse <goldmooneachna@...>
Is it possible to set up python scripts in such a way that they can
[#343178] Loading precompiled code — Husam Senussi <husam@...>
Hi,
[#343183] Has anyoune tried Red Sun — Oren Shani <orenshani@...>
Hi All,
[#343186] Bizarre Range behavior — Scott Briggs <scott.br@...>
Can someone please explain this behavior in ruby (1.8.6p111):
On Aug 4, 1:47m, Scott Briggs <scott...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Aug 4, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Yossef Mendelssohn wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Rob Biedenharn wrote:
On Aug 4, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Matthew K. Williams wrote:
Hi,
Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
Hi,
Hi --
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Yukihiro Matsumoto<matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
2009/8/5 Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com>
Hi,
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Yukihiro Matsumoto<matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
Hi,
Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
Hi,
[#343204] QtRuby Questions: Why does — Matthew Borgeson <hibridmatthias@...>
Guten Tag, everyone-
[#343206] zero placeholder exponential sprintf? — Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Bil Kleb<Bil.Kleb@nasa.gov> wrote:
[#343227] ParseException met when using Watir with xpath, please help. — Gong Jing <northnashi@...>
Hi all,
[#343235] remove commas from string — Jason Lillywhite <jason.lillywhite@...>
I have following string:
* Jason Lillywhite <jason.lillywhite@gmail.com> wrote:
2009/8/5 Lars Haugseth <njus@larshaugseth.com>:
On Aug 5, 2009, at 3:55 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:
[#343239] Any tool for examine ruby's thread? — femto Zheng <femtowin@...>
Hello all,I'm doing a multithreaded ruby application,
2009/8/5 femto Zheng <femtowin@gmail.com>:
Yes, at least I need how many threads there are,
Please do not top post.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Robert Klemme<shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
[#343276] Change console forground to Red or Green — Laup-Dawg <adamlauper@...>
Hi All,
[#343286] Testing with Mechanize — Michael Boutros <me@...>
Hello,
[#343288] including gems with standalone app — Eric Peterson <ericdp@...>
Morning,
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Eric Peterson<ericdp@mac.com> wrote:
hmm.. well, something went wrong. I already have fastercsv installed,
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Eric Peterson<ericdp@mac.com> wrote:
[#343293] How to logout when using Rake::Auth::Basic in Sinatra — Tony Tony <slythic@...>
Hi all,
[#343300] Trimming some string using ruby — Shekar Ls <idealone5@...>
Hi guys,
[#343305] Terminal escape sequences — James Coglan <jcoglan@...>
Hi all,
[#343316] Kernel's module methods? — 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
According to pickaxe2, p516:
7stud -- wrote:
2009/8/6 Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com>
James Coglan wrote:
On Aug 6, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Brian Candler wrote:
[#343320] 1.9 String and M17N documentation — Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
I have put together a document which tries to outline the M17N
On Aug 6, 2009, at 6:47 AM, Brian Candler wrote:
James Gray wrote:
On Aug 6, 2009, at 08:57, James Gray wrote:
Eric Hodel wrote:
On Aug 7, 2009, at 00:52, Brian Candler wrote:
Eric Hodel wrote:
On Aug 12, 2009, at 02:02, Brian Candler wrote:
[#343386] What is wrong with this program? — Prateek Agarwal <prateek.agwl@...>
I don't understand what is wrong with this program. It gives an error:
[#343398] FFI, sysctl, pointer question — Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Hi,
[#343404] ruby thread is buggy while using serialport — Ashikali Ashikali <ashikali.m@...>
On Aug 12, 6:40m, Ashikali Ashikali <ashikal...@gmail.com> wrote:
geidies@googlemail.com wrote:
[#343406] R1.9 mixed encoding in file — Vít Ondruch <v.ondruch@...>
Hello
On Aug 7, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Vテュt Ondruch wrote:
James Gray wrote:
On Aug 7, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Vテュt Ondruch wrote:
[#343409] how to "source" a file? — Ken Feng <hkkf1970@...>
I have a bash file ~/.myenv that contains environmental variables like:
[#343413] How can I copy an array and its elements? (call by value) — Janus Bor <janus@...>
Hi all,
[#343423] How do I add ? — chutsu <chutsu@...>
I've got a file that is in two columns, how do I add the second column
[#343429] CGI::Session just don't work — Bruno Sousa <brgsousa@...>
I got this file to a apache/mod-ruby server and nothing is being set to
[#343444] what is "stack level too deep (SystemStackError)" error — Mrmaster Mrmaster <mrsolarlife@...>
Hi,
[#343472] Soft realtime with EventMachine and timer resolution — Macario Ortega <macarui@...>
[#343490] How do I upload an image with Sinatra (like Paperclip)? — Tony Tony <slythic@...>
Hi all,
[#343509] Imagemagick, Rmagick hsla problem — Justin Bl <janthonyb1@...>
For any imagemagick users out there, I'm having trouble getting
[#343511] How to define doubles: Array-to-hash — Tom Ha <tom999@...>
Hi there,
Hi,
[#343519] Generate binary sequences of length n? — Tom Best <thomas.j.best@...>
I'm rather new to Ruby. I feel this should be very simple, but I'm
Hi --
[#343524] Making Hash a first-class citizen — Erik Michaels-Ober <sferik@...>
I've noticed a couple inconsistencies in the way Ruby hashes are treated
Erik Michaels-Ober wrote:
[#343553] Calling another Ruby script — Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Hi,
[#343566] Reading contents of a file and storing — Shekar Ls <idealone5@...>
Guys,
> I heard in java there is some get property which picks values after '='
Harry Kakueki wrote:
Joel VanderWerf wrote:
[#343571] Newbie has trouble understanding a Why example — Ca Josephson <cjosephson@...>
I'm just learning ruby, so I am working my way through 'Why's Poignant
[#343577] Load & Execute Code From a Database — Paul F Fraser <paulf@...2zliving.com>
Hi,
I guess you could sandbox it? There are Ruby sandboxes out there...
Fabian Streitel wrote:
Brian Candler wrote:
Paul F Fraser wrote:
[#343591] ActiveRecord to_json encoding — Calvin Nguyen <calvin98115@...>
[#343592] Destroying related objects doubt ... basic oop question — Soh Dubom <sohdubom@...>
::Destroying related objects doubt
Soh Dubom wrote:
Yet another reason for steering well clear of object-relational mappers.
> Yet another reason for steering well clear of object-relational mappers.
Fabian Streitel wrote:
> It was shown (30 years ago) that assembler is noticeably less productive
Fabian Streitel wrote:
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Mike Stephens<rubfor@recitel.net> wrote:
[#343596] instance_variables vs. local_variables — David Whetstone <rubyforum@...>
Can anyone offer a reasonable explanation for the difference in behavior
David Whetstone wrote:
So the implication here is that there is no way to define a local
David Whetstone wrote:
[#343625] Use Ruby to create Win executable? — Manuel Souto pico <m.soutopico@...>
Hi,
Sorry, I forgot to say goodbye and to thank you in advance for any
[#343649] Good editor for Windows Ruby — Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Hello,
Peter Bailey wrote:
Mohit Sindhwani wrote:
[#343658] Readline not working with Ruby — Stewart <stewart.matheson@...>
Stewart wrote:
[#343688] multiple projects - Apache — Joe <jj_stuart@...>
Hi,
[#343690] Which initialize method? (or, who is self?) — Daniel Waite <rabbitblue@...>
Hi. Consider the ruby-hmac gem:
On 11.08.2009 21:23, Daniel Waite wrote:
[#343696] Windows ENV object being corrupted — Herman Schultz <phermans@...>
I am running in rake ( I have reproduced the problem with a straight
Herman Schultz wrote:
2009/8/11 Herman Schultz <phermans@live.com>:
Robert Klemme wrote:
[#343711] sha1/base64 — ben ******* <babiben@...>
hello,
[#343738] Configuring Textmate for Ruby 1.9.1 — Mike Agres <mike.agres@...>
I had just installed Ruby 1.9.1 using MacPorts, but TextMate still
On Aug 12, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Mike Agres wrote:
After the error appeared, I had edited the directory location, taking
On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Mike Agres wrote:
Actually, no. I'm at work now (on a PC) and the Mac's at home.
[#343756] Class#descendants? — Jason Lillywhite <jason.lillywhite@...>
Ruby can do Class#ancestors but not Class#descendants.
Jason Lillywhite wrote:
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu>wrote:
Tony Arcieri wrote:
Oi, good catch.
[#343771] skip_before_filter (Do I need a lesson in modules/mixins?) — Cris Shupp <cshupp1@...>
Gurus,
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Cris Shupp<cshupp1@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Aug 13, 10:19m, Cris Shupp <cshu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
[#343783] move a file — Derek Smith <derekbellnersmith@...>
I looked around here and could not find a similar example. please help.
[#343785] in-memory implementation of IO class — Nathan Beyer <nbeyer@...>
Is there an implementation of the IO class that operates on in-memory
On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:07 PM, Nathan Beyer wrote:
[#343796] Background on why Ruby doesn't support ++ — Adam Lauper <adamlauper@...>
Hi All,
[#343800] Simple If — Pete Moran <pete@...>
Sorry for total newbie question here - in a method a particular id could
UPDATE:
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Pete Moran<pete@zoborg.com> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Anthony Eden<anthonyeden@gmail.com> wrote:
[#343811] Ruby/DL question — Gin Mendi <gin18em@...>
Been trying to learn how to use ruby and Ruby/DL and I'm unsure how to
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 07:06:51PM +0900, Gin Mendi wrote:
[#343814] noob question on combining variables — bingo bob <rcf1973@...>
Sorry for such an uber noob question but I could do with a quick pointer
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:56 PM, bingo bob<rcf1973@fastmail.fm> wrote:
here's the real code I'm trying to fix...
Any ideas, it's this bit that's wrong,
[#343818] SOAP access Ruby — Gabriel Policiuc <gavri_gp@...>
Hey,
[#343831] newbie question making a folder with ruby — Simon Staton <simon@...>
ok well the program I am in the middle of programming I need it to
Hello,
Simon Staton wrote:
Lui Core wrote:
To give more of an idea this is the code that I have on the .rb file. it
Hello,
Fleck Jean-Julien wrote:
> ok I have got another error this is the error it is giving,
Fleck Jean-Julien wrote:
> where do I put the dir = "c:/temp"?
[#343845] ANN: Ruby 1.8.6 pl383 released — Kirk Haines <wyhaines@...>
I am happy to announce that Ruby 1.8.6 pl383 was been released.
On Aug 14, 12:06m, Luis Lavena <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote:
[#343869] A few quick newbie questions — Peter Ehrlich <crazedcougar@...>
Hi
[#343870] New to ruby - how can I take this further? — Stuart Cullum <stuart.cullum@...>
Hi all
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Stuart Cullum<stuart.cullum@gmail.com> wrote:
[#343886] ORM - Ruby Sequel v Python Sql Alchemy — flebber <flebber.crue@...>
Hi
[#343920] Class method aliased in superclass bypasses subclass overrides — Marcos <markjreed@...>
This seems like it should work:
Hi --
[#343923] Class/Module Naming Best Practice for Acronyms — Intransition <transfire@...>
If you are encapsulating something that is generally referred to by an
[#343947] Array#abbrev depreciated? — Jason Lillywhite <jason.lillywhite@...>
If you look at the core ruby doc, it says Array#abbrev will let you do
[#343953] regexp issue on parsing from file — Alpha Blue <jdezenzio@...>
Hi guys,
Hi Ben,
[#343965] ruby 1.9 side by side with 1.8 — Oren <orengolan@...>
I followed this guide that uses ruby switcher -
[#343966] Strange SimpleDelegator behaviour regarding blocks — Fabian Streitel <karottenreibe@...>
Hey folks, just stumbled across a little problem:
[#343976] todo — Slava Mikerin <mikerin.slava@...>
What is the correct (if any) way to mark code with todo sign (#todo,
[#343986] Can't execute shell commands in CGI — Luckystr Luckystr <psixxx@...>
It is necessary to execute linux command in CGI(apache)
[#343991] Parsing JavaScript to prevent maliciousness? — Mongoose Sir mongoose <mongoosehq@...>
Hello,
On Aug 15, 9:35m, Mongoose Sir mongoose <mongoos...@gmail.com>
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 03:00:12PM +0900, pharrington wrote:
Yep, sounds quite dangerous to me as well...
[#344005] while !file.eof? — Derek Smith <derekbellnersmith@...>
How can I use a while loop in such as way where I want to process the
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Derek
[#344009] start_with? Does someone need a grammar lesson? — 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
String#start_with?-------------------------------
7stud -- wrote:
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:59 AM, 7stud --<bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Rick DeNatale<rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> writes:
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Dominik Honnef<dominikho@gmx.net> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Todd Benson<caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
[#344037] CSV import to hash to compare with database — John Mcleod <john.mcleod@...>
Hello All,
On Aug 17, 2009, at 10:54 AM, John Mcleod wrote:
Mr. Gray,
On Aug 17, 2009, at 11:56 AM, John Mcleod wrote:
James,
John,
[#344045] release: a "which" command written in ruby--very useful for windows users at least — Roger Pack <rogerdpack@...>
Announcing the release of "ruby which"[1]
[#344055] ANN: ThirdBase 1.2.0 — Jeremy Evans <code@...>
ThirdBase is a replacement for Ruby's standard Date/DateTime
[#344064] External Model Definition Using ActiveRecord — Elizabeth <elizabeth.buckwalter@...>
I've been Googling this topic, and I haven't found the answer.
[#344088] fromdos dos2unix in ruby — Krzysztof Cierpisz <ciapecki@...>
how can I achieve in ruby the result of running:
>
2009/8/18 krzysztof cierpisz <ciapecki@gmail.com>:
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Rob
2009/8/18 Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com>:
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Xavier Noria<fxn@hashref.com> wrote:
On 18.08.2009 21:46, Robert Dober wrote:
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Robert
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Xavier Noria<fxn@hashref.com> wrote:
[#344112] gem installation oddity — Pito Salas <rps@...>
I have been totally puzzled by what I think is a misconfiguration of my
[#344115] One-click Windows installer for Ruby 1.9. — Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Hi,
[#344118] Initial release of the desc_method gem--a "run time RI for methods" — Roger Pack <rogerdpack@...>
I am pleased to announce the release of desc_method.
[#344125] exercise in DRY — Peter Ehrlich <crazedcougar@...>
I have some simple code for a thumbs up/thumbs down functionality.
How 'bout that:
How about: (assumes rails and haml)
[#344133] Q re nokogiri - searching Google and counting web pages with specific text — Philip Rhoades <phil@...>
People,
On Aug 18, 2009, at 10:26, Philip Rhoades wrote:
[#344146] show a listing of methods unique to class — Jason Lillywhite <jason.lillywhite@...>
Often I find myself in IRB wanting to see a list of methods available to
[#344160] when run from cron, regex NEVER match, always give nil — James Dinkel <jdinkel@...>
I'm using ruby 1.8.6 on RHEL 5.3. I also had this problem with ruby
[#344175] if defined on var — Derek Smith <derekbellnersmith@...>
db =
[#344180] #has_arguments? — Intransition <transfire@...>
Messing with optional argument check for the umpteenth time, eg.
2009/8/19 Intransition <transfire@gmail.com>:
Robert Klemme wrote:
> ef meth(*a)
[#344193] ruby2c 1.0.0.7 Released — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
ruby2c version 1.0.0.7 has been released!
> * translate.rb Translates a given file to C.
[#344202] Using a Model — Pete Moran <pete@...>
Not sure if this should be on the rails or ruby forum, so my apologies
[#344204] cannot install shotgun with RubyGems — Martin Gütlein <martin.guetlein@...>
Hello,
On Aug 19, 2009, at 03:17, Ryan Davis wrote:
[#344218] Confirm my Performance Test Against Java? — Ben Christensen <benjchristensen@...>
I'm evaluating Ruby for use in a variety of systems that are planned by
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Ben Christensen
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:41 AM, <brabuhr@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you very much for the excellent answers, and your well reasoned
brabuhr@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Reid Thompson<reid.thompson@ateb.com> wrote:
Thanks everyone for your responses.
pharrington, in your response you stated:
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Ben Christensen
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Ben
[#344257] Class name as a variable — Im still <quietstill@...>
Hi all
[#344291] crown 1.0.0 — Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Quoting the README at http://github.com/vjoel/crown/tree/master :
[#344293] Ruby/DL - cross-thread violation on rb_thread_schedule() — Gin Mendi <gin18em@...>
I think I'm a little over my head here and was hoping someone more
[#344303] Ruby List Roast - A Tentative Attempt — Hope Less <iisca@...>
Dear ruby list members
[#344329] Encoding::CompatibilityError — Oleg Igor <graycardinalster@...>
Hello !
[#344342] extending ruby - handling errors — Jason Lillywhite <jason.lillywhite@...>
I want to raise an ArgumentError, "Function only takes numeric objects."
On Thursday 20 August 2009 11:49:03 Jason Lillywhite wrote:
On Aug 20, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Ben Giddings wrote:
On Aug 20, 2009, at 14:49, Gary Wright wrote:
[#344345] How do I estimate how long it will take a calculation to complete? — Paul <tester.paul@...>
Hi there, I wrote a short ruby script to calculate the prime factors
looooooooooooong! if it already takes days to calculate 19 digits, i'd guess
[#344366] Why, oh why, _why? — Karl von Laudermann <doodpants@...>
_why the lucky stiff appears to have disappeared from the internets!
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:35:47 -0500, Gregory Brown wrote:
Karl von Laudermann wrote:
On Aug 20, 2:08m, Karl von Laudermann <doodpa...@mailinator.com>
Karl von Laudermann wrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Ralf Mueller<ralf.mueller@zmaw.de> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Gregory Brown<gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Rick DeNatale<rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com>wrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Jason Roelofs<jameskilton@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote:
Hi,
On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Karl von
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Todd Benson<caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
On Aug 22, 2009, at 8:52 AM, Todd Benson wrote:
Rob Biedenharn wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@gmx.de> wrote:
On 16.06.2010 18:26, Rick DeNatale wrote:
[#344379] New to Classes — Scott Andrechek <scottandrechek@...>
Hello. I'm new to making and defining your own classes (well really to
[#344380] list of quiz questions — "lolveley" <lolveley@...>
hello,
[#344390] Showing dot each second until the script ends — Hunt Jon <jona.hunt777@...>
I have a ruby script, which takes about 20 seconds to execute.
[#344398] Regarding RDoc — Prateek Agarwal <prateek.agwl@...>
How to install RDoc in windows? Also tell me, after installing what is
[#344404] How to convert string "/regexp/i" to /regexp/i - ? — Joao Silva <rubyforum@...>
When i try to use:
Joao Silva <rubyforum@thisisnotmyrealemail.com> writes:
class String
Josh Cheek wrote:
[#344410] Output Manipulation — Ishan Nag <cool.ishan.nitt@...>
puts "\nMODULE : "
Ishan Nag wrote:
[#344462] Github and _why — John W Higgins <wishdev@...>
I'm about to get very nasty responses but this absolutely is a very bad
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:38 AM, John W Higgins <wishdev@gmail.com> wrote:
On 21.08.2009 19:05, Tony Arcieri wrote:
[#344468] ruby thread and gets — Im still <quietstill@...>
Hi all
On 21.08.2009 19:10, Im still wrote:
[#344507] ruby-prof on Ruby 1.9 woes — "Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)" <shot@...>
I’m trying to use ruby-prof with Ruby 1.9.1p243 on 64-bit Ubuntu.
[#344528] Where oh where is Enumerator? (1.9) — Intransition <transfire@...>
Err... in Ruby 1.9 is Enumerator at the toplevel or in the Enumerable
[#344533] Process or Thread? — Pito Salas <rps@...>
I have a parent application (which I think of as a test harness) that
Pito Salas wrote:
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 16:47, 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:
[#344545] 1.8.7 String#lines keeps new-line chars (say it ain't so in 1.9) — Intransition <transfire@...>
Ruby 1.8.7 p72
Thomas Sawyer wrote:
Thomas Sawyer wrote:
Hi --
[#344549] Parsing pdf files — Arun Kumar <arun.einstein@...>
hello all,
[#344550] Code integration MATLAB and Ruby — Djoudjou <julien.bieren@...>
Hi,
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Djoudjou<julien.bieren@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Gregory Brown<gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
[#344554] Ruby Editor — sasan <sasan.bahrieh@...>
I need a good software for ruby programming. please post message for
sasan wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:19:56 -0500, Robert Dober wrote:
I can't say I disagree, but I do like being able to control mpd and read
Is it possible to add some text editors information on Ruby's official website?
[#344558] Search keywords inside of directories and files — Ahmet Kilic <ahmedkilic@...>
I need some help about keywords searching in directory and files.
[#344559] HTML posting to ruby script? — Brad Mr <oshybrid@...>
Ok new to Ruby.
[#344565] Interactive Commands — João Santos <norwat@...>
Hey
[#344573] ruby-debug does not hit breakpoints at class-methods — Sys Ppp <systemppp@...>
ruby-1.8.6-p369
...and more
> $ rdebug r2test.rb
Sys Ppp wrote:
...or I guess this would be a better example:
To 7stud. These are all normal, except class-method, as i wrote.
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Sys Ppp<systemppp@gmail.com> wrote:
Rick Denatale wrote:
Oh. It makes something more clear.
Fixed in ruby-debug 1.9 (although it hasn't uploaded yet; GitHub is
Mark Moseley wrote:
7stud -- wrote:
Mark Moseley wrote:
It is very useful when there are many dynamically generated code-objects
[#344574] retrieving Yahoo mail with Net::IMAP — Tadeusz Bochan <tad.bochan@...>
Hi,
From my own experiments with Yahoo and a lot of investigation, I found
[#344580] Development - works, production not - why? — Joao Silva <rubyforum@...>
My development envrioment:
What you need to do is to make a single file which is a complete
Ok, here is my test.rb:
Joao Silva wrote:
If i put :
[#344581] Checking if a specific Unix/Linux command exists — Hunt Jon <jona.hunt777@...>
I want to check if a command "port" is installed on Mac.
[#344604] Re: Parsing pdf files — "Axel Etzold" <AEtzold@...>
Dear Arun,
[#344627] Instaling a gem without some dependences — Felix <felix.leg@...>
Hi,
[#344654] Stupid OpenStruct question — Terry Smith <tersmi1@...>
Ok - I know how to get the fields of an Openstruct object like so
got it
On 24.08.2009 06:02, Terry Smith wrote:
[#344658] OSX -flat_namespace issues show up in hitimes, nokogiri and amalgalite — Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@...>
I'm not sure if it is the problem, but it appears that because ruby is compiled
Hello
[#344664] Uninitialised Constant Files <NameError> — Deepika Yp <deepika_stars01@...>
Hi all,
Try Files without 's'.
[#344671] Array Troubles — Scott Andrechek <scottandrechek@...>
I've made this small table making program (not reall trademarked) and
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Scott Andrechek
[#344680] Comparison Ruby, Python, Php, Groovy ecc. — Marco Mastrodonato <m.mastrodonato@...>
Comparison script languages for the fractal geometry, these are the
Marco Mastrodonato wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Nathan Keel<nat.k@gm.ml> wrote:
Are those executables compiled with identical compilers + compile flags?
Urabe Shyouhei wrote:
Marco Mastrodonato wrote:
Urabe Shyouhei wrote:
Marco Mastrodonato wrote:
Urabe Shyouhei wrote:
[#344700] Is it possible to record and playback in ruby? — Rails List <balaa_uk@...>
hi, just wondering if it is possible to record and playback mouse
[#344717] _why's "suicide" note? — Graham Agnew <graham.agnew@...>
Just found this as _why's last tweet on the Google cached copy of _why's
[#344719] Modules setting values to nil in unprocessed conditional blocks? — Nate <n8agrin@...>
Hi everyone. We're noticing some strange behavior when including
[#344731] DRb Mysterious Stops — Darrin Thompson <darrinth@...>
I'm running a fairly complicated build and test system with DRb over
Darrin Thompson wrote:
Joel VanderWerf wrote:
2009/8/26 Darrin Thompson <darrinth@gmail.com>:
[#344737] help in understanding eval function — Ravi Kanth <ravi8485@...>
Hi
[#344750] Asynchronous process to process pipe IO — Pito Salas <rps@...>
This is slightly subtle question about how a process that reads from a
Pito Salas wrote:
On 24.08.2009 22:16, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
[#344761] Packaging - distribution — Pito Salas <rps@...>
I am looking for best practices for using a multi-file body of ruby code
[#344762] Calling method from another class — Kostas Lps <louposk@...>
Hi guys,
Hi guys,
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:30 PM, louposk<louposk@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tuesday 25 August 2009 09:43:29 am Nilesh Trivedi wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:53 PM, David Masover<ninja@slaphack.com> wrote:
[#344791] doubling numbers with Object#object_id — EbFFA <eflatffa@...>
I was playing with Ruby and wrote an interesting method:
AFAIK, FixNums are implemented as direct values and not C structs that
[#344795] Stuck on silly nil issue — Nick Wild <nickwild@...>
Banging my head on the desk over this..
[#344798] operators vs. methods — Sarah Allen <sarah@...>
Today I was just re-reading introductory Ruby docs as I prepare to teach
Sarah Allen wrote:
7stud -- wrote:
2009/8/25 Sarah Allen <sarah@ultrasaurus.com>:
[#344808] help directory name issue... — Ahmet Kilic <ahmedkilic@...>
I am searching inside of the files ,like this
[#344824] eventmachine and threads — Julien Schmurfy <schmurfy@...>
Hi,
[#344832] Working with openssl and files — Juston Davies <justondavies@...>
Let me start out by saying all I do is in the name of science, I only
[#344840] Ruby 1.8.7 automatically loads RubyGems? — Intransition <transfire@...>
Does Ruby 1.8.7 automatically load gems? I took -rubygems out of my
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:33:35 +0900, Intransition wrote:
[#344850] unsubscribe [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] — "Doyle, John" <John.Doyle@...>
# help
[#344865] favourite irbrc tips? — Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Other than installing wirble, what ought I be doing to enhance my irb session?
[#344872] ||= with 1.8 and 1.9 ? — Aldric Giacomoni <aldric@...>
A friend of mine on Twitter recently posted this tidbit of code:
Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
Brian Candler wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:15 PM, 7stud --<bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Brian Candler<b.candler@pobox.com> wrote:
Rick Denatale wrote:
Brian Candler wrote:
Joel VanderWerf wrote:
Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
Joel VanderWerf wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Aldric Giacomoni<aldric@trevoke.net> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Rick DeNatale<rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi --
[#344874] Re: Global Mutex? — Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Aryk Grosz wrote:
[#344881] # sign does not work as expected form irb — Salvador Sanjuan <salvador.sanjuan@...>
I have just started Ruby. I have tried to do some exercises usin irb but
Salvador Sanjuan wrote:
Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
Hi,
I've never heard of or seen this behavior.
Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
Salvador Sanjuan wrote:
Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
2009/8/27 Salvador Sanjuan <salvador.sanjuan@gmail.com>:
Robert Klemme wrote:
[#344883] gem installation-time dependency — Mark Moseley <mark@...>
Is there a way to build a gem in such a way so that dependencies can be
[#344891] find string, get line number or position, then restart at +1 — Derek Smith <derekbellnersmith@...>
Hi All,
[#344892] Help with C embedding — Khat Harr <myphatproxy@...>
I'm having trouble with a weird error that I don't understand the cause
[#344894] Platform independent distribution of Ruby apps — Pito Salas <rps@...>
I would like to take a Ruby app that I've written (that includes a bunch
[#344938] Rack must not dictate how to create a middleware — Sys Ppp <systemppp@...>
In current realization of Rack::Builder the method :use dictates that
Sys Ppp wrote:
Brian Candler wrote:
Sys Ppp wrote:
> With current Builder you just write:
Brian Candler wrote:
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Sys Ppp <systemppp@gmail.com> wrote:
[#344943] automating online banking login & checking for new transactions - what's best approach? (e.g. which gems/libraries etc) — Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@...>
Hi,
On Aug 26, 2009, at 14:10, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
I'm in Australia & also my bank don't support notifications (hence why I
[#344944] ruby-debug-ide for Ruby 1.9 released — Mark Moseley <mark@...>
"gem install ruby-debug-ide" now works for both Ruby 1.8 and 1.9
Mark Moseley wrote:
Tom Cloyd wrote:
[#344996] regexp which matches nothing? — Joao Silva <rubyforum@...>
How i can construct regexp, which will always matches nothing?
[#345013] Found a ruby bug in the URI class, what do I do? — Victor Pereira <pelasaco@...>
Hi,
[#345037] Possible to use Ruby for Dynamic HTML sites without Rails? — Frank Peterson <fictionalperson@...>
How easy is this to do? I've been going though a Ruby book again (was
Jack Davis wrote:
>
Fabian Streitel wrote:
[#345051] RMagick reacts very oddly to an incorrect file — Pito Salas <rps@...>
I am not sure if this is me or Rmagick. I 'accidentally' used an input
[#345070] I need a string#all_indices method--is there such a thing? — timr <timrandg@...>
In ruby you can use string#index as follows:
Scan gives you the matches, not the indices (which is what I need).
[#345079] #map, #select semantics — James Coglan <jcoglan@...>
I imagine this has come up before, though I can't find anything about it. I
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 5:42 AM, James Coglan<jcoglan@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi --
Hi,
[#345081] data sctructure — Juliano 준호 <jjunho@...>
Hello guys.
[#345086] Mass Assignment on Clas — Pete Moran <pete@...>
Hi there,
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Pete Moran<pete@zoborg.com> wrote:
[#345094] RubyGems - change location from local? — Adam Wilson <adam@...>
I am having a problem on my server with gems..
On Aug 28, 2009, at 05:08, Adam Wilson wrote:
Eric Hodel wrote:
OK Now I see where the problem came from.. I managed to update RubyGems
[#345097] How to call this method — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Hi list
2009/8/28 Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com>:
Hi,
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Bertram
On 28.08.2009 17:22, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
[#345150] Error with an array of strings — Tom Smith <tn9000@...>
Hi,
[#345177] the ruby editor and ide roundup — Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/Ruby_editors
[#345178] rev 0.3.0: Now with filesystem monitoring — Tony Arcieri <tony@...>
Rev is a high-performance event library for Ruby, providing event loops for
[#345184] gnuplot line color — Rob Redmon <rob.webinator@...>
How do I choose the color used to make a gnuplot?
[#345203] Updating gems for ruby 1.9 — Space Ship Traveller <space.ship.traveller@...>
Hi,
2009/8/29 Space Ship Traveller <space.ship.traveller@gmail.com>
Thanks.
On Aug 29, 2009, at 11:10, Space Ship Traveller wrote:
[#345207] Ruby 1.9 build requirements — "tirins.play" <tirins.play@...>
I have just installed Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition. I followed the
[#345214] Having problems with Gem version on Snow Leopard — Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
So, the migration to Snow Leopard has gone well, except that it's
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Ryan Davis<ryand@zenspider.com> wrote:
[#345222] Sorting an array by multiple elements? — Paul <tester.paul@...>
Hi there, I have an array of arrays that I want to sort by multiple
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Paul <tester.paul@gmail.com> wrote:
[#345244] Programming Language History Visualization (#219) — Daniel Moore <yahivin@...>
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
[#345256] Loooong wordwrap — Arthur Rats <simon.jacobs.ams@...>
Hi all,
[#345266] Regex: Get Class Name — Ahmet Kilic <ahmedkilic@...>
This a C++ class name,
Ahmet Kilic wrote:
[#345267] What is the ruby conventions to name private method? — pierr <pierr.chen@...>
Ryan Davis:
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) <shot@hot.pl>wrote:
I name them like any other method. If you look at the Standard
[#345268] ruby 1.9 compilation - question — Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...>
I'm following the instructions at -
[#345281] text lines manipulation — George George <george.githinji@...>
[#345286] install ruby 1.9-p243 from source in /usr/bin, ubuntu 9.04 — Rainer Kuhn <raineronrails@...>
What I expected: Ruby should install in /usr/bin and /usr/lib where the
[#345299] String replace — Shandy Nantz <shandybleu@...>
I wondering if there is a string replace function.
[#345304] Time Format Conversions — Alpha Blue <jdezenzio@...>
Hi all,
[#345322] help on phps $$ equivalent in ruby — Arthur Rats <simon.jacobs.ams@...>
i just cant find this anywhere, googling for a while and read up tons on
Arthur Rats:
gr8, ty so much, i missed this as a noobie!
its not quite right, can you see what I am doing wrong
On Aug 31, 2009, at 17:23, Arthur Rats wrote:
Re: gem list -r -d *** generates Error*** on http://gems.github.com
On Jul 31, 3:49m, Eric Hodel <drbr...@segment7.net> wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:00, John wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I'm using ruby 1.8.6 & gem 1.3.5
>
> > I receive and error trying to list the details of
>
> > C:\Users\spanton>gem source
> > *** CURRENT SOURCES ***
>
> >http://gems.github.com
>
> > C:\Users\spanton>gem list -r -d
>
> > *** REMOTE GEMS ***
>
> > ERROR: hile executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
> > omparison of String with 3 failed
>
> > Error also occurs, when using em list -r -d a
>
> > Yet it works ok, when using gem list -r -d b
>
> > Any ideas or workaround?
>
> $ rm -r ~/.gem/specs/gems.github.com%80/
>
> # I did this with just a as the search first and hit this gem:
>
> $ gem list -r -d --sourcehttp://gems.github.com-V andreasronge-neo4j
>
> *** REMOTE GEMS ***
>
> GET 200 OK:http://gems.github.com/latest_specs.4.8.gz
> GET 200 OK:http://gems.github.com/quick/Marshal.4.8/andreasronge-neo4j-0.0.4.gem...
> ERROR: hile executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
> omparison of String with 3 failed
>
> So removing this gem from the index and rebuilding should fix the
> problem.
>
> Anyhow, let's see why it's broken:
>
> $ curlhttp://gems.github.com/quick/Marshal.4.8/andreasronge-neo4j-0.0.4.gem...
> > neo4j.gemspec.rz
>
> Let's dump it out:
>
> $ ruby -rubygems -e 'Marshal.load
> Gem.inflate(File.read("neo4j.gemspec.rz"))'
> /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb:296:in `>':
> comparison of String with 3 failed (ArgumentError)
> from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb:296:in `_load'
> from -e:1:in `load'
> from -e:1
>
> Yup, still fails, heavy artillery time! eed to fake out the
> Gem::Specification stuff and dump the spec:
>
> $ ruby -e 'module Gem; class Requirement; def marshal_load(arr) @arr =
> arr; end; def inspect() @arr end; end; Version = Requirement; class
> Specification; def self._load(str) p Marshal.load(str); nil end end;
> end; Marshal.load File.read("neo4j.gemspec")'
> ["1.2.0", "2", "andreasronge-neo4j", 0.0.4, Wed Oct 22 15:00:00 -0700
> 2008, "A graph database for JRuby", >=#<Gem::Requirement:0x34c60>,
> =#<Gem::Requirement:0x34b98>, "ruby", [], "neo4j", "andreas.ro...@gmail.com
> ", ["Andreas Ronge"], "A graph database for JRuby", "http://github.com/andreasronge/neo4j/tree
> ", "true", "ruby", nil]
>
> Ok, so now we have a dump of the gem. et's look at where the error
> came from in Gem::Specification:
>
> 285 ##
> 286 # Load custom marshal format, re-initializing defaults as
> needed
> 287
> 288 def self._load(str)
> 289 array = Marshal.load str
> 290
> 291 spec = Gem::Specification.new
> 292 spec.instance_variable_set :@specification_version, array[1]
> 293
> 294 current_version = CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
> 295
> -> 296 field_count = if spec.specification_version >
> current_version then
> 297
> spec.instance_variable_set :@specification_version,
> 298 current_version
> 299 ARSHAL_FIELDS[current_version]
> 300 lse
> 301 ARSHAL_FIELDS[spec.specification_version]
> 302 nd
> 303
> 304 f array.size < field_count then
> 305 aise TypeError, "invalid Gem::Specification format
> #{array.inspec
> t}"
> 306 nd
> 307
> 308 pec.instance_variable_set :@rubygems_version,
> array[0]
> 309 spec version
> 310 pec.instance_variable_set :@name,
> array[2]
> 311 pec.instance_variable_set :@version,
> array[3]
>
> So, specification_version is what's broken with the gem. ubyGems
> expects it to be a number, but we can clearly see in the above dump
> that the second item is a String. he version of the gem is stored in
> the fourth field, 0.0.4
>
> Pulling down this project and looking through the history we find:
>
> $ git log --grep=release
> [...]
> commit 0e10242e2ef63addf3ac294bb2e932202fa900fc
> Author: Andreas Ronge <andreas.ro...@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon Nov 17 23:05:26 2008 +0100
>
> elease 0.0.5, added CHANGELOG
>
> commit 0b283793ee2c8e0689274d85f049bb8c2cf4250c
> Author: andreas <andreas.ro...@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu Oct 23 16:19:27 2008 +0200
>
> eleased to rubyforge gem repository
>
> commit 22bd9de5a5a6874ec4903af60fb5a95606f229ee
> Author: andreas <andreas.ro...@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu Oct 23 10:38:33 2008 +0200
>
> repare for rubyforge release of gem. Added license file
>
> commit 715e4384f0cc34a56580c2c52054e2756c5d06ac
> Author: andreas <andreas.ro...@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon Oct 20 12:13:00 2008 +0200
>
> eleased as 0.0.3. Updated documentation
>
> So it looks like 0b283793ee2c8e0689274d85f049bb8c2cf4250c is release
> 0.0.4.
>
> $ git checkout 0b283793
> $ cat neo4j.gemspec
> # WARNING : RAKE AUTO-GENERATED FILE. DO NOT MANUALLY EDIT!
> # LAST UPDATED : Thu Oct 23 15:05:22 +0200 2008
> #
> # RUN : 'rake gem:update_gemspec'
>
> Gem::Specification.new do |s|
> s.description = "A graph database for JRuby"
> s.files = [
> # ...
> ]
> s.rubygems_version = "1.2.0"
> s.platform = "ruby"
> s.date = "Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 +0200 2008" # <-- STRING?
> s.homepage = "http://github.com/andreasronge/neo4j/tree"
> s.rubyforge_project = "neo4j"
> s.bindir = "bin"
> s.summary = "A graph database for JRuby"
> s.rdoc_options = [...]
> s.specification_version = "2" # <-- STRING?
> s.email = "andreas.ro...@gmail.com"
> s.version = "0.0.4"
> s.required_rubygems_version = ">= 0"
> s.require_paths = ["lib"]
> s.required_ruby_version = ">= 1.8.4"
> s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.rdoc"]
> s.has_rdoc = "true"
> s.name = "neo4j"
> s.authors = ["Andreas Ronge"]
> s.loaded = "false"
> end
>
> So the gemspec has a String for specification_version. lso, why is
> the date a String? t should be a Time object! t seems that this
> was hand-built.
>
> There's a bunch of extra fields set here that RubyGems has defaults
> for, like required_rubygems_version, required_ruby_version,
> require_paths.
>
> Hrm, what's that Rake task look like?
>
> $ cat Rakefile
> # [...]
> Thanks to the Merb project for this code.
> esc "Update Github Gemspec"
> ask :update_gemspec do
> # [...]
> pec.instance_variables.each do |ivar|
> alue = spec.instance_variable_get(ivar)
> ame = ivar.split("@").last
> # [...]
> ase value
> hen Array
> alue = # ...
> hen String
> alue = # ...
> lse
> alue = value.to_s.inspect # WHAT?
> nd
> esult << " s.#{name} = #{value}\n"
> nd
> nd
> esult << "end"
> ile.open(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),
> "#{spec.name}.gemspec"), "w"){|f
> | f << result}
> nd
>
> So the author of this gem isn't entirely to blame here. hat's
> especially strange is that this is an especially broken implementation
> of Gem::Specification#to_ruby which had RDoc all the way back to 0.8.11!
>
> Looking in the merb source, it seems this code was added here:
>
> commit 7d14e7e28be657c9a1a6b4f0730dd4f6d2f7031b
> Author: Daniel Neighman <has....@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri Apr 25 13:07:49 2008 +1000
>
> dds Code for generating a gemspec for github
>
> http://github.com/wycats/merb/commit/7d14e7e28be657c9a1a6b4f0730dd4f6...
>
> So it looks like Daniel Neighman is to blame. He may not actually
> be, since he doesn't say where he got this code from.)
>
> I'm not sure how this code was written without looking through
> Gem::Specification, nor how the author missed
> Gem::Specification#to_ruby (which is exactly what they wanted).
>
> It appears that there are other projects infected by this code:
>
> http://www.google.com/codesearch?q=skip_fields+new_platform+original_...
>
> So if you own one of these, please delete that code!
>
> Fortunately, I now have new things to protect gem repositories from!
> (Ryan hit me for not protecting RubyGems enough)
>
> And again, a gemspec is not something that you just dump something on.
> It's not a big truck.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Is there a workaround to this problem, which would allow me to
obtain the name & description for gems starting with "a".
Thanks,
John