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rubyh...@gmail.com

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Dec 7, 2005, 1:07:16 PM12/7/05
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When does Oniguruma go into Ruby? I thought it
was "very soon" -- perhaps "already" -- but someone
said something to make me think it was "later."

Thanks,
Hal

James Edward Gray II

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Dec 7, 2005, 1:39:56 PM12/7/05
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I believe the official story is Ruby 2.0.

This is because Matz is concerned about compatibility issues, I
think. I believe he even offered to consider it sooner, if we could
put together a test suite that showed it wouldn't be too devastating
to legacy scripts. (That's all from memory. I could be wrong!)

This is sad, because it really is a heck of a library and I would
love to see it become the norm as soon as possible.

James Edward Gray II

Phil Tomson

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Dec 7, 2005, 2:13:26 PM12/7/05
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In article <218B55DD-37A0-4B3E...@grayproductions.net>,

I believe you can use oniguruma now in 1.8.3 if you compile-in the support for
the library. I think instructions have been posted in the past.

Phil

James Edward Gray II

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Dec 7, 2005, 2:34:45 PM12/7/05
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On Dec 7, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Phil Tomson wrote:

> I believe you can use oniguruma now in 1.8.3 if you compile-in the
> support for
> the library. I think instructions have been posted in the past.

This is true. You can. It's just not the default yet.

James Edward Gray II


ako...

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Dec 7, 2005, 3:48:14 PM12/7/05
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i am sorry, what is oniguruma?

James Edward Gray II

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Dec 7, 2005, 4:00:18 PM12/7/05
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On Dec 7, 2005, at 2:52 PM, ako... wrote:

> i am sorry, what is oniguruma?

A nice Regular Expression engine Ruby can use. It's more full
featured than the engine used by default in the 1.8 branch.

James Edward Gray II


Joe Van Dyk

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Dec 7, 2005, 6:47:17 PM12/7/05
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I think that's the right approach. 1.8.x releases shouldn't break
compatibility if possible.


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