[#377882] remove array bracket — Kamarulnizam Rahim <niezam54@...>

Hi when i run my script, the output is as followed:

18 messages 2011/02/02

[#378046] Setter method for Hash value — Rolf Pedersen <rolfhsp@...>

Hi

20 messages 2011/02/03
[#378052] Re: Setter method for Hash value — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2011/02/03

Rolf Pedersen wrote in post #979431:

[#378056] Re: Setter method for Hash value — Rolf Pedersen <rolfhsp@...> 2011/02/03

Hi Brian (and others who have contributed with suggestions along the same

[#378144] C extension: How to check if a VALUE is still alive (not being GC'ed)? — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>

Hi, I'm coding an async DNS resolver for EventMachine based on udns (a

13 messages 2011/02/05
[#378171] Re: C extension: How to check if a VALUE is still alive (not being GC'ed)? — Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...> 2011/02/06

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Iki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote:

[#378179] Re: C extension: How to check if a VALUE is still alive (not being GC'ed)? — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...> 2011/02/06

2011/2/6 Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@medioh.com>:

[#378199] Choosing an office suite — Hilary Bailey <my77elephants@...>

I am trying to decide which office suite to choose from. The only

30 messages 2011/02/07
[#378229] Re: Choosing an office suite — Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...> 2011/02/07

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Hilary Bailey <my77elephants@gmail.com> wrote:

[#378202] making hash key from arrays — Arihan Sinha <arihan_sinha@...>

Hi All,

11 messages 2011/02/07

[#378254] "permission denied" happening too often — Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>

Hello,

15 messages 2011/02/08
[#378256] Re: "permission denied" happening too often — Anurag Priyam <anurag08priyam@...> 2011/02/08

> I've got Ruby scripts that have been working fine for years now. But,

[#378257] Re: "permission denied" happening too often — Markus Schirp <mbj@...> 2011/02/08

You can also try to strace your script. In the logs you'll find the system

[#378259] Re: "permission denied" happening too often — Peter Bailey <pbailey@...> 2011/02/08

Markus Schirp wrote in post #980289:

[#378307] undefined class/module YAML::PrivateType - Error — "Priya D." <dharsininitt@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2011/02/09

[#378341] System calls with ` in parameters — "Gerad S." <geradstemke@...>

Hi All,

12 messages 2011/02/09

[#378618] Defining class methods — Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...>

It seems there are 3 ways of defining class methods (at least in common

12 messages 2011/02/16

[#378685] LiveAST: a pure Ruby 1.9.2 library obtaining live abstract syntax trees — "James M. Lawrence" <quixoticsycophant@...>

= LiveAST

13 messages 2011/02/18

[#378753] posix_mq : Problem installing on HPUX — Tadeusz Bochan <tad.bochan@...>

Hello,

13 messages 2011/02/20

[#378890] a, b = Array.new(2).map!{|x| data.dup} — Stefan Salewski <mail@...>

I think I can replace this code

19 messages 2011/02/23
[#378892] Re: a, b = Array.new(2).map!{|x| data.dup} — niklas | brueckenschlaeger <niklas@...> 2011/02/23

Are you sure you can't rework your code to *not* copy data 5x? I assume

[#378899] Re: a, b = Array.new(2).map!{|x| data.dup} — Stefan Salewski <mail@...> 2011/02/23

On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 07:00 +0900, niklas | brueckenschlaeger wrote:

[#378941] Automatic question generator libs in Ruby Language — Sniper Abandon <sathish.salem.1984@...>

is there any Automatic question generator libraries in Ruby Language ?

20 messages 2011/02/24
[#379058] Re: Automatic question generator libs in Ruby Language — Sniper Abandon <sathish.salem.1984@...> 2011/02/27

suppose if i have a paragraph (arround 250 words)

[#379172] Re: Automatic question generator libs in Ruby Language — Shadowfirebird <shadowfirebird@...> 2011/03/01

> i want to get all the possible question from that paragraph

[#379174] Re: Automatic question generator libs in Ruby Language — Peter Zotov <whitequark@...> 2011/03/01

On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 19:31:36 +0900, Shadowfirebird wrote:

[#379175] Re: Automatic question generator libs in Ruby Language — Adam Prescott <mentionuse@...> 2011/03/01

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Peter Zotov <whitequark@whitequark.org>wrote:

[#379177] Re: Automatic question generator libs in Ruby Language — Peter Zotov <whitequark@...> 2011/03/01

On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 20:02:13 +0900, Adam Prescott wrote:

[#379179] Re: Automatic question generator libs in Ruby Language — Adam Prescott <mentionuse@...> 2011/03/01

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Peter Zotov <whitequark@whitequark.org>wrote:

[#378949] why is $1 in a grep() equal to nil? — 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>

class DataSource

16 messages 2011/02/24
[#378953] Re: why is $1 in a grep() equal to nil? — Eric Christopherson <echristopherson@...> 2011/02/25

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:59 PM, 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#378958] parsing rule for this code? — 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>

1)

11 messages 2011/02/25

[#379000] Symbol#to_proc helping out with #select to beat Scala-s solution — Jarmo Pertman <jarmo.p@...>

Hey!

9 messages 2011/02/25

[#379074] finding a tag in a binary file — rob stanton <tnotnats@...>

I have a binary file in which I'd like to find multiple strings of 10

12 messages 2011/02/27

Re: Ensuring uniqueness of an object at creation time

From: "Abinoam Jr." <abinoam@...>
Date: 2011-02-27 20:30:18 UTC
List: ruby-talk #379092
Hi Gary,

It's pretty elegant using a name such as "find_or_create" for the
factory method. It really describes its behavior much better than
"new".
And setting "new" as private, good point too.

In my specific piece of software I just have to make all the class a
"find_or_create" method, even if it doesn't have any uniqueness
constraints. This is because my parser is "agnostic", so I don't want
it to decide where to use "new" or "find_or_create". It has just to
use "find_or_create" in every object it tries to create.

Thank you for your comments,
Abinoam Jr.

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Gary Wright <gwtmp01@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 27, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Abinoam Jr. wrote:
>> a = :prepare_b
>> b = :prepare_b
>>
>> With Symbol, if it has the same value, it's the SAME Symbol, not different ones.
>
> Don't get hung up on using the default new/initialize framework. ou can define your own constructors that return existing instances instead of allocating a new instance if you want to model 'value' semantics.
>
> message = Message.find_or_create('message_a', other, args)
>
> Then define find_or_create such that it manages a cached collection of messages that it can dip into if it finds a match or it can create a new message if necessary.
>
> In general I think it is better to define your own constructors if the 'normal' semantics of new/initialize aren't what you want instead of redefining new. ou can always make new private if you want to 'force' the use of your own constructors.
>
> If the only attribute of your messages is their unique name, then symbols might be exactly what you need but be aware that symbols are generally not garbage collected so that if you create them based on external data you might be opening yourself to a memory exhaustion attack (i.e. the attacker can cause your memory footprint to grow without bounds). Whether this is a concern or not just depends on where the external data is coming from.
>
> Gary Wright
>

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