Ruby

in select: interrupt
Anyone getting errors like this.... I'm working on a console mode full screen editor (that Dossy kindly prototyped for me years ago). Basically, it's reading $STD_IN with a select, thusly: if select([@in_io], nil, nil, 1) c = @in_io.sysread(1) {lots of stuff to process the input follows...}... 1 Jul 2008 18:30

Dynamic Variables
Is there any way in ruby to create dynamic variables? counter = 52 box#{counter} = "cat and dogs" There would be then a new variable box52 Note that this is not a question whether someone should do it or not - this is solely whether it is doable or not. Until today I thought it is somehow possible with eva... 1 Jul 2008 16:27

meaning of %w
what is the meaning of %w. atlest in my copy of rubydoc, i could not find the w attribute in sprintf flag characters ... 1 Jul 2008 06:10

Hash#select returns an array but Hash#reject returns a hash...
Hello, Is there any design reason for select returning an array and reject returning a hash? Why this disparity? Thank you, Jayanth ... 2 Jul 2008 09:49

Problem with Ruby Multithreading
Hello Guys, I am trying to use threads in my RoR app. But unfortunately I came across a very strange issue. I am unable to use "finders" within my thread to read data from my database. In addition to this, the Thread does not allow me to create any new object inside the Thread. Eg: class TagsController < ... 1 Jul 2008 14:23

exerb4.2.0 don't work with ruby1.8.7 and yaml
There is my test.rb: require 'yaml' config = YAML::load(File.open("config.yml")) and there is my config.yml: topic: forum-39-thread-11173510-1-1 "mkexy test.rb" and "exerb test.exy" can execute all right and generate test.exe, but when I execute test.exe,it raise an error: yaml.rb:9:in `require': Win32API E... 1 Jul 2008 03:06

Quick Ruby survey to share with community
I just wanted to let everyone know that we have finally published the results of the survey... Thanks to anyone that took the time to fill it out. We ended up with some interesting information about the Ruby development scene. http://devver.net/blog/2008/06/the-results-of-our-ruby-development-survey/ Thanks... 1 Jul 2008 03:06

Need help on e-mail authentication
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] Hello , well I am facing a problem of email masking & spam emails. I need help on how to authenticate email. I would I know that I got e-mail from an authorized sender. Thanks DG ... 1 Jul 2008 03:06

ruby idiom a ||= b means?
What does the ruby idiom a ||= b mean? Thanks, Ratnavel -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 2 Jul 2008 19:07

[ANN] hoe 1.7.0 Released
hoe version 1.7.0 has been released! * <http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/> * <http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/> * <ryand-ruby(a)zenspider.com> Hoe is a simple rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles. It generates all the usual tasks for projects including rdoc generation, testing, packaging, and ... 30 Jun 2008 23:01