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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/NEWS')
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1 files changed, 74 insertions, 21 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,33 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. +: Class#inherited + + Method is called when Class is inherited by another class. + + class A; end + def A.inherited(by) + puts "A inherited by #{by.inspect}" + end + class B < A; end + + Prints out "A inherited by B" + +: String#to_i + + Now accepts optional base argument. + + "101".to_i(10) => 101 + "101".to_i(2) => 5 + "101".to_i(8) => 65 + "101".to_i(16) => 257 + + A base argument of 0 guesses at the base. + + "101".to_i(0) => 101 + "0b101".to_i(0) => 5 + "0101".to_i(0) => 65 + "0x101".to_i(0) => 1 + : Set class (set.rb) Imported. @@ -25,11 +53,11 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. : IO::sysopen - a new method to get a raw file descriptor. + New method to get a raw file descriptor. : TCPServer#accept, UNIXServer#accept, Socket#accept - new methods to return an accepted socket fd. + New methods to return an accepted socket fd. : Date and DateTime @@ -48,6 +76,10 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. Optional argument limits maximum time to wait the thread in second. And returns nil if timed out. +: Array#filter + + Previously deprecated, now removed. Use Array#collect!. + : dl module Imported. An interface to the dynamic linker. @@ -62,12 +94,22 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. : abort() - optional terminate message argument. + Takes optional terminate message argument. : iconv module Imported. Wrapper library of (({iconv})). +: IO.fsync + + New method that copies all in-memory parts of a file to disk and + waits until the deice reports that all parts are on stable storage. + Implemented with fsync(2) or equivalent. + +: Dir#pos= + + Returns the new position instead of self. + : Dir::glob Now accepts optional FNM_* flags via the second argument, whereas @@ -97,27 +139,30 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. : Array#pack, String#unpack - allows comment in template strings. + Allows comment in template strings. : Array#pack, String#unpack - new templates 'q' and 'Q' for 64bit integer (signed and unsigned respectively). + New templates 'q' and 'Q' for 64bit integer (signed and unsigned respectively). -: Array#fill +: Array#new - takes block to get the values to fill. + Now takes block to fill initial values. E.g. -: Array#new + Array.new(10) { |i| i + 1 } + => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] + +: Array#fill - takes block to get the values to fill. + Takes block to get the values to fill. : Array#fetch - takes block to get the default value. + Takes block to get the default value. : Hash#update - takes block to resolve key conflict. + Takes block to resolve key conflict. : IO#fsync @@ -179,7 +224,7 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. : implicit comparison in conditional expressions - is obsoleted except when it is used in -e. + Obsoleted except when it is used in -e. : between Range and $. Use explicit comparison instead. @@ -215,9 +260,10 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. Extended so that when the third argument is permission flags it calls open(2) instead of fopen(3). -: Array#fetch +: Array#fetch(index [, default]) - Added. + Added. If a default value isn't given, raises index error if index + is out of range. : Array#insert(n, other, ...) @@ -301,17 +347,24 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. Added. -: IO#puts +: File.open, IO.open - do not treat Array specially. + File mode can be specified by flags like open(2), + e.g. File::open(path, File::CREAT|File::WRONLY). + +: IO.open + + Made public. Can only associate an IO object with a file number + like IO.new and IO.for_fd, but can take a block. : IO.for_fd - Added. + Added as a synonym for IO.new. : IO.read - Added. [ruby-talk:9460] + Added. Like IO.readlines, except it returns the entire file as a + string. [ruby-talk:9460] : Interrupt @@ -451,7 +504,7 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. Extended to accepts optional second argument. - tries match between self and REGEXP, then returns the + It tries match between self and REGEXP, then returns the content of the NTH regexp register. : String#casecmp @@ -460,7 +513,7 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. : String#chomp - if $/ == '\n', chops off last newlines (any of \n, \r, \r\n). + If $/ == "\n", chops off last newlines (any of \n, \r, \r\n). : String#eql? @@ -483,7 +536,7 @@ This file is not actively maintained. See ChangeLog for recent changes. : String/Array methods - returns an instance of receivers class. + Returns an instance of receivers class. : String.new |