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From 03/30/2011 to 04/05/2011
04/05/2011
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08:23 PM Feature #4539: Array#zip_with
- > http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4539
> ...
Hello,
I'm answering here since redmine won't answer to my requests (even got a 500).
I think this new method would be redundant with `Array#zip`.
But I agree doing `c.zip(d).map {... -
03:55 PM Feature #4539 (Assigned): Array#zip_with
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04:04 PM Feature #4541 (Assigned): Inconsistent Array.slice()
- The fix may be following but it can be a spec...
```diff
diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index bdeb768..4721387 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ rb_ary_subseq(VALUE ary, long beg, long len)
{
VALUE kl... -
03:56 PM Bug #4530 (Rejected): trunk "make check" gives "cannot load such file -- zlib" and "cannot load such file -- openssl"
- =begin
You seem don't install zlib-dev/readline-dev or something.
=end
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02:33 PM Bug #4554 (Closed): test_set_errors in test_x509store.rb fails on CentOS 5.5
- =begin
On CentOS 5.5, test_set_errors in test_x509store.rb fails as follows:
1.9.2 p180
1) Failure:
test_set_errors(OpenSSL::TestX509Store) [/var/home/yhara/ruby-1.9.2-p180/test/openssl/test_x509store.rb:212]:
OpenSSL::X509... -
11:34 AM Revision a63105a4 (git): * include/ruby/encoding.h: parenthesize macro arguments.
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31241 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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08:10 AM Feature #4553 (Rejected): Add Set#pick and Set#pop
- =begin
A very common operation on sets is to take an arbitrary element from them at O(1) cost. I know typically
it's suggested that library additions go out as a gem to see community review. However, to me it seems
to be a glaring omi... -
05:07 AM Bug #4501: 1.9.2-p180 fails to compile on OSX 10.7
- =begin
First, make sure you’ve installed XCode 4.1 DP 2 (you can download it through Apple if you are enrolled in their developer program)
Next, add the following to your ~/.bash_profile with your favorite editor
export CC=/Develope... -
04:23 AM Bug #4527: [PATCH] IO#close releases GVL if possible
- Motohiro KOSAKI <[email protected]> wrote:
> Eric, I commited slightly modified version because your patch couldn't
> ...
Thanks, looks like you missed the following hunk in rb_io_reopen():
~~~diff
diff --git a/io.c b/i... - 04:05 AM Revision 42caa6dd (git): * 2011-04-05
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31240 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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04:05 AM Revision 257f7859 (git): fix a typo
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31239 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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03:23 AM Feature #4538: [PATCH (cleanup)] avoid unnecessary select() calls before doing I/O
- =begin
Charles Oliver Nutter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Eric Wong <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Charles Nutter <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I wonder, though, if depending on this behav...
04/04/2011
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10:58 PM Bug #4509: Net::IMAP::ResponseParseError: unexpected token CRLF (expected NUMBER)
- =begin
=== Better steps to repro
I created a free account on yahoo to reproduce this error. Now, you can repro with these steps:
require 'net/imap'
conn = Net::IMAP.new('imap.mail.yahoo.com', 143, false)
conn.instance_eval { se... -
10:40 PM Bug #4509: Net::IMAP::ResponseParseError: unexpected token CRLF (expected NUMBER)
- =begin
(({def a # test - why "Error: file empty." in bug report}))
=end
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10:34 PM Bug #4509: Net::IMAP::ResponseParseError: unexpected token CRLF (expected NUMBER)
- =begin
=== Better steps to repro
I created a free account on yahoo to reproduce this error. Now, you can repro with these steps:
(({require 'net/imap'
conn = Net::IMAP.new('imap.mail.yahoo.com', 143, false)
conn.instance_... -
07:12 PM Feature #4532 (Assigned): [PATCH] add IO#pread and IO#pwrite methods
- Hi
I personally still dislike pread/pwrite method name, but I give up to argue it because I'm worry about making endless discussion. Let's assign this ticket to matz and hear his opinions. :)
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07:07 PM Bug #4500 (Closed): warning: implicit declaration of function 'fdatasync' for OS X
- =begin
=end
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01:11 PM Revision 78ea7afe (git): * ext/io/nonblock/nonblock.c (io_nonblock_set): Avoid F_SETFL if
- we're not changing the O_NONBLOCK bit. F_SETFL is an expensive
operation since it needs to affect all processes with the same
file object.
The patch is written by Eric Wong. [ruby-core:35556]
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.o... -
12:43 PM Revision 3ba502d5 (git): * io.c (rb_io_syswrite): While local FS writes are usually
- buffered, the buffers can be full or the file opened with
O_SYNC. IO#syswrite can also be used on blocking IOs
(pipe/socket) just like IO#write.
The patch is written by Eric Wong. [ruby-core:35554]
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-... -
07:35 AM Feature #4551 (Closed): uri.set_scheme should downcase schemes
- =begin
From RFC 2396 section 3.1:
"For resiliency, programs interpreting URI should treat upper case letters as equivalent to lower case in scheme names (e.g., allow 'HTTP' as well as 'http')."
Currently programs using URI for HTT... -
05:20 AM Bug #4550 (Closed): Loading an RSA public key during an HTTPS connection corrupts the connection
- =begin
The attached file creates an HTTPS connection to gmail.com then loads an RSA public key.
If a private key is loaded the error does not reproduce.
Loading of the public key corrupts the HTTPS connection resulting in the follo... - 02:51 AM Revision b36f8e6e (git): * 2011-04-04
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31236 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
- 02:51 AM Revision 8eb92a67 (git): * test/test_tempfile.rb: simply ignore platform depedent testcases
- instead of skipping.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31235 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
04/03/2011
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11:36 PM Bug #4545 (Closed): [PATCH] syslog extension documentation improvements and fixes
- =begin
I've committed in r31234.
=end
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10:45 PM Bug #4545: [PATCH] syslog extension documentation improvements and fixes
- =begin
Thank you for your patch. It seems good for me.
But I've found a typo: "a shotcut method" -> "a shortcut method". right?
I'll check in it later with fix a typo.
Thnaks again.
=end
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09:33 PM Bug #4500 (Assigned): warning: implicit declaration of function 'fdatasync' for OS X
- =begin
To be honest, I'm not sure Apple's system function support policy. But I'm sure your suggestions were right in past. Then, I'll commit this proposal as is.
Thanks.
=end
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09:25 PM Bug #4527 (Closed): [PATCH] IO#close releases GVL if possible
- Eric, I commited slightly modified version because your patch couldn't apply for latest trunk. Could you please confirm it?
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01:58 PM Revision 6a06e940 (git): * ext/syslog/syslog.c: improve rdoc.
- a patch by Jonas Pfenniger. [ruby-core:35592] fixes #4545
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01:10 PM Revision 11b1f4ff (git): * ext/zlib/zlib.c: parenthesize macro arguments.
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31233 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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12:35 PM Revision f4755f21 (git): * configure.in: disable fdatasync again on Mac OS X.
- [ruby-core:35493][Bug #4500]
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31232 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e - 12:24 PM Revision 34c46a67 (git): * 2011-04-03
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31231 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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12:23 PM Revision f35a7770 (git): * io.c (io_reopen): IO#close releases GVL if possible.
- close() may block for certain file types (NFS, SO_LINGER
sockets, inotify), so let other threads run. The patch was
created by Eric Wong [ruby-core:35555][Bug #4527]
* io.c (fptr_finalize): ditto.
* io.c (maygvl_fclose): new.
* io.... -
07:23 AM Feature #4538: [PATCH (cleanup)] avoid unnecessary select() calls before doing I/O
- =begin
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Eric Wong <[email protected]> wrote:
> Charles Nutter <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I wonder, though, if depending on this behavior is leading Ruby more
>> and more down the GVL path. The ...
04/02/2011
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05:34 PM Bug #4549: Can't start class names with non us-ascii chars
- =begin
irb(main):003:0> #encoding: UTF-8
irb(main):004:0* class Åäö; end
SyntaxError: (irb):4: class/module name must be CONSTANT
class Åäö; end
^
from /usr/local/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
... -
05:33 PM Bug #4549 (Rejected): Can't start class names with non us-ascii chars
- =begin
irb(main):003:0> #encoding: UTF-8
irb(main):004:0* class Åäö; end
SyntaxError: (irb):4: class/module name must be CONSTANT
class Åäö; end
^
from /usr/local/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
=end
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07:23 AM Feature #4538: [PATCH (cleanup)] avoid unnecessary select() calls before doing I/O
- =begin
Charles Nutter <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wonder, though, if depending on this behavior is leading Ruby more
> and more down the GVL path. The designers of the JVM's core IO
> libraries, for example, were unable to re...
04/01/2011
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07:01 PM Feature #4538: [PATCH (cleanup)] avoid unnecessary select() calls before doing I/O
- =begin
Understood. I read through a bit more code and saw that Ruby uses pthread signalling and RUBY_VM_CHECK_INTS after blocking regions to interrupt blocking operations.
I wonder, though, if depending on this behavior is leading Rub... -
07:29 AM Feature #4538: [PATCH (cleanup)] avoid unnecessary select() calls before doing I/O
- =begin
Charles Nutter <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is it possible to interrupt/wakeup a thread that's doing a direct
> blocking IO call? I always understood that as the primary reason for
> doing the select logic.
Yes for n... -
05:46 PM Bug #4547 (Closed): RUBY_HEAP_MIN_SLOTS is not reflected
- =begin
nariです。
環境変数RUBY_HEAP_MIN_SLOTSから値を取得して、一番最初のヒープサイズを指定できる機能(rb_gc_set_params())が r31044 にて追加されています。
ですが、ヒープを最初に作成するInit_heap()がrb_gc_set_params()よりも前に呼び出されてしまうため、環境変数RUBY_HEAP_MIN_SLOTSの値がヒープサイズに反映されません。
そこで、rb_gc_set_para... -
02:15 PM Bug #4476: [PATCH] URI('http://hoge/b/').route_to('http://hoge/b') wrongly returns './'
- =begin
I confirmed. Could you please commit your patch?
=end
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01:29 PM Bug #4534: ri does not open $PAGER with program name only
- =begin
(('+1'))
=end
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01:26 PM Revision 8a6e9ec0 (git): * ext/syslog/syslog.c: parenthesize macro arguments.
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31229 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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10:08 AM Bug #4546: ruby-indent-beg-re の値が壊れている
- =begin
新しい Redmine に慣れてなくて、patch が崩れてしまいました。
以下に再掲します。
diff --git a/misc/ruby-mode.el b/misc/ruby-mode.el
index c799d8c..9023b77 100644
--- a/misc/ruby-mode.el
+++ b/misc/ruby-mode.el
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
"Regexp to match")
... -
10:06 AM Bug #4546 (Closed): ruby-indent-beg-re の値が壊れている
- vim-ruby の indent/ruby.vim を修正しようと思い ruby-mode.el を読んでいたところ
ruby-indent-beg-re の値が壊れているような気がしたので報告します。
r19205 で regexp-opt を使って正規表現を最適化するよう改善されていますが、
そのときに \\| が抜けてしまっています。
r19204 の 場合:
"\\(\\s *\\(class\\|module\\|def\\)\\)\\|i... - 10:02 AM Revision cc8bc6b7 (git): Fri Apr 1 18:53:06 2011 NAKAMURA, Hiroshi <[email protected]>
- * lib/webrick/cookie.rb (WEBrick::Cookie.parse): 'white space is
permitted between tokens' according to RFC2965. Though 'Netscape
spec' does not define the syntax clearly, make it tolerant as a
server. As a ... -
04:19 AM Revision 9d0fbe23 (git): * vm_core.h (RUBY_VM_CHECK_INTS_TH): merge a patch by ko1
- in [ruby-dev:43373].
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31227 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
03/31/2011
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11:32 PM Bug #3660: Trace events seem to be missing
- =begin
Keiju was this expected? I'm thinking it wasn't...
=end
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11:15 PM Bug #4545 (Closed): [PATCH] syslog extension documentation improvements and fixes
- =begin
Small documentation fixes for the syslog extension.
The patch is a GIT patch on top of 7487298584145058f2340dc7a6e4da8d21fe5248.
Please let me know if you need a SVN patch instead.
Cheers,
Jonas
=end
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10:43 PM Bug #4544 (Closed): Ripperで「:"a \n b \n c"」を正常にパースできない
- =begin
Ripper::SexpBuilder.new(%Q!:"a \n b \n c"!).parse にて、on_tstring_content メソッドが二回連続で呼び出されます。
検証済みバージョン
* ruby 1.9.3dev (2011-03-31 trunk 31223) [i686-linux]
* ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18 revision 30909) [i686-linux]
* ruby 1.9... -
10:24 PM Bug #4543: Ripperで"<<-eos\neos"を正常にパースできない
- =begin
require 'ripper'
class Parser < Ripper::SexpBuilder
ms = Ripper::SexpBuilder.new('').methods
defs = ms.map { |s| s.to_s }
.select { |s| s.start_with?('on_') }
.map { |s| %Q{
def #{s}(*args)
print... -
10:23 PM Bug #4543: Ripperで"<<-eos\neos"を正常にパースできない
- =begin
----"<<-eos\neos"----
on_heredoc_beg: ["<<-eos"]
on_string_content: []
on_string_literal: [[]]
on_nl: ["\n"]
on_stmts_new: []
on_stmts_add: [[], [[]]]
on_program: [[[], [[]]]]
----"<<-eos\n\neos----
on_heredoc... -
10:01 PM Bug #4543 (Closed): Ripperで"<<-eos\neos"を正常にパースできない
- =begin
Ripper::SexpBuilder.new(%Q!<<-eos\neos!).parse
にて、on_heredoc_end メソッドが呼び出されません。
■検証済みバージョン
ruby 1.9.3dev (2011-03-31 trunk 31223) [i686-linux]
ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18 revision 30909) [i686-linux]
ruby 1.9.1p431 (2011-02... -
05:23 PM Bug #4536: 定数参照について1.8と1.9の違い
- =begin
前田です。
2011年3月29日18:37 Shugo Maeda <[email protected]>:
>> # しかし,なんで Module::B なんだ.
>
> こっちはまだ見てませんが、何なんでしょうね…。
vm_get_ev_const()の中でroot_crefが正しく設定されないケースが
あったせいのようです。
修正したところ、test_eval.rbの以下のテストが失敗するようになりました... -
05:23 PM Bug #4536: 定数参照について1.8と1.9の違い
- =begin
前田です。
2011年3月29日18:37 Shugo Maeda <[email protected]>:
>> # しかし,なんで Module::B なんだ.
>
> こっちはまだ見てませんが、何なんでしょうね…。
vm_get_ev_const()の中でroot_crefが正しく設定されないケースが
あったせいのようです。
修正したところ、test_eval.rbの以下のテストが失敗するようになりました... -
04:44 PM Feature #4541 (Rejected): Inconsistent Array.slice()
- Array `slice`/`[]` method is a bit inconsistent. Is it just poorly documented "feature" or a bug? In API doc I can't find this behaviour mentioned as a "special case".
```ruby
def test_array_slice
array = ['a', 'b', 'c']
a... -
03:37 PM Feature #4538: [PATCH (cleanup)] avoid unnecessary select() calls before doing I/O
- =begin
Is it possible to interrupt/wakeup a thread that's doing a direct blocking IO call? I always understood that as the primary reason for doing the select logic.
=end
- 03:12 PM Revision 92b7d39e (git): * 2011-04-01
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31226 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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03:10 PM Revision 0916f978 (git): * ChangeLog: fix typo of r31205
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31225 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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02:15 PM Revision 2cda6302 (git): * misc/ruby-mode.el (ruby-brace-to-do-end, ruby-do-end-to-brace):
- adjust space between block beginning and block arguments
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11:42 AM Revision eb239b43 (git): * ext/strscan/strscan.c: parenthesize macro arguments.
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31223 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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09:07 AM Revision 74872985 (git): * vm_insnhelper.c (vm_get_ev_const): should ignore crefs with
- the NODE_FL_CREF_PUSHED_BY_EVAL flag.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31222 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e -
07:52 AM Revision 4273aa8e (git): * vm_insnhelper.c (vm_get_ev_const): search root cref properly.
- [ruby-dev:43365]
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31221 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e - 05:54 AM Revision 3044423f (git): * 2011-03-31
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31220 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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05:54 AM Revision e3d7e34e (git): * eval.c (rb_mod_s_constants): should ignore crefs with
- the NODE_FL_CREF_PUSHED_BY_EVAL flag.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31219 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
03/30/2011
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03:23 PM Bug #4536: 定数参照について1.8と1.9の違い
- =begin
前田です。
2011年3月30日8:28 Yukihiro Matsumoto <[email protected]>:
> テストでエラーが増えないようならコミットしていただけませんか?
test/ruby/test_defined.rbが失敗するようになりましたが、このバグに依存した
テストだったのでclass_evalを使わないように修正してcommitしました。
--
Shugo Maeda
=end
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03:23 PM Bug #4536: 定数参照について1.8と1.9の違い
- =begin
前田です。
2011年3月30日8:28 Yukihiro Matsumoto <[email protected]>:
> テストでエラーが増えないようならコミットしていただけませんか?
test/ruby/test_defined.rbが失敗するようになりましたが、このバグに依存した
テストだったのでclass_evalを使わないように修正してcommitしました。
--
Shugo Maeda
=end
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08:29 AM Bug #4536: 定数参照について1.8と1.9の違い
- =begin
まつもと ゆきひろです
テストでエラーが増えないようならコミットしていただけませんか?
In message "Re: [ruby-dev:43367] Re: [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4536][Open] 定数参照について1.8と1.9の違い"
on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:37:47 +0900, Shugo Maeda <[email protected]> writes:
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08:29 AM Bug #4536: 定数参照について1.8と1.9の違い
- =begin
まつもと ゆきひろです
テストでエラーが増えないようならコミットしていただけませんか?
In message "Re: [ruby-dev:43367] Re: [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4536][Open] 定数参照について1.8と1.9の違い"
on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:37:47 +0900, Shugo Maeda <[email protected]> writes:
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01:55 PM Revision 633cf770 (git): * misc/ruby-mode.el (ruby-toggle-block): toggle do/end and {}.
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31218 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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01:54 PM Revision 764c486b (git): * misc/ruby-mode.el (ruby-move-to-block): move to opening of
- block.
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01:48 PM Revision 3e2a0184 (git): * ext/date: use timev.h in toplevel.
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31216 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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06:21 AM Feature #4539 (Rejected): Array#zip_with
- Inspired by Haskell's `zipWith` function, I hacked on together for Ruby:
```ruby
[1,2,3].zip_with([6,5,4], :+) #=> [7, 7, 7]
[1,2,3].zip_with([6,5,4]) { |a,b| 3*a+2*b } #=> [15, 16, 17]
```
So far I only have a Ruby version of i... -
05:38 AM Revision 3b20c218 (git): * vm_insnhelper.h (COPY_CREF): should copy
- the NODE_FL_CREF_PUSHED_BY_EVAL flag to hide constants from
methods defined by class_eval. [ruby-dev:43365]
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03:52 AM Revision 089462f5 (git): fixing syntax error in 1.8
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31214 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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03:38 AM Revision 9e448999 (git): converting require_relative to just regular requires
- git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31213 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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03:29 AM Feature #4531: [PATCH 0/7] use poll() instead of select() in certain cases
- =begin
Eric Wong <[email protected]> wrote:
> On a related note:
>
> Ruby also still needlessly checks for read/writability with select()[2]
> even though though we have support for blocking regions. I think
> tha... -
03:23 AM Feature #4531: [PATCH 0/7] use poll() instead of select() in certain cases
- =begin
KOSAKI Motohiro <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip>
Thanks again for your reply and support :>
> 2011/3/29 Eric Wong <[email protected]>:
> > I mainly think select() is a horrible interface and having extensi... -
03:23 AM Feature #4532: [PATCH] add IO#pread and IO#pwrite methods
- KOSAKI Motohiro <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2011/3/29 Eric Wong <[email protected]>:
> > KOSAKI Motohiro <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Do we really need to introduce new method? Why can't we overload
> >> ... -
03:22 AM Feature #4538 (Closed): [PATCH (cleanup)] avoid unnecessary select() calls before doing I/O
- =begin
Please look at http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4535 before
this one. That one actually fixes a bug I noticed while working
on this patch.
Ruby 1.9 no longer depends on multiplexed non-blocking I/O
to do its threading a...