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diff --git a/doc/globals.rdoc b/doc/globals.rdoc deleted file mode 100644 index 89b94e9a8f..0000000000 --- a/doc/globals.rdoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -# -*- mode: rdoc; coding: utf-8; fill-column: 74; -*- - -== Pre-defined global variables - -$!:: The Exception object set by Kernel#raise. -$@:: The same as <code>$!.backtrace</code>. -$~:: The information about the last match in the current scope (thread-local and frame-local). -$&:: The string matched by the last successful match. -$`:: The string to the left of the last successful match. -$':: The string to the right of the last successful match. -$+:: The highest group matched by the last successful match. -$1:: The Nth group of the last successful match. May be > 1. -$=:: This variable is no longer effective. Deprecated. -$/:: The input record separator, newline by default. Aliased to $-0. -$\:: The output record separator for Kernel#print and IO#write. Default is +nil+. -$,:: The output field separator for Kernel#print and Array#join. Non-nil $, will be deprecated. -$;:: The default separator for String#split. Non-nil $; will be deprecated. Aliased to $-F. -$.:: The current input line number of the last file that was read. -$<:: The same as ARGF. -$>:: The default output stream for Kernel#print and Kernel#printf. $stdout by default. -$_:: The last input line of string by gets or readline. -$0:: Contains the name of the script being executed. May be assignable. -$*:: The same as ARGV. -$$:: The process number of the Ruby running this script. Same as Process.pid. -$?:: The status of the last executed child process (thread-local). -$LOAD_PATH:: Load path for searching Ruby scripts and extension libraries used - by Kernel#load and Kernel#require. Aliased to $: and $-I. - Has a singleton method <code>$LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path(feature)</code> - that returns [+:rb+ or +:so+, path], which resolves the feature to - the path the original Kernel#require method would load. -$LOADED_FEATURES:: The array contains the module names loaded by require. - Aliased to $". -$DEBUG:: The debug flag, which is set by the <tt>-d</tt> switch. Enabling debug - output prints each exception raised to $stderr (but not its - backtrace). Setting this to a true value enables debug output as - if <tt>-d</tt> were given on the command line. Setting this to a false - value disables debug output. Aliased to $-d. -$FILENAME:: Current input filename from ARGF. Same as ARGF.filename. -$stderr:: The current standard error output. -$stdin:: The current standard input. -$stdout:: The current standard output. -$VERBOSE:: The verbose flag, which is set by the <tt>-w</tt> or <tt>-v</tt> switch. - Setting this to a true value enables warnings as if <tt>-w</tt> or <tt>-v</tt> were given - on the command line. Setting this to +nil+ disables warnings, - including from Kernel#warn. Aliased to $-v and $-w. -$-a:: True if option <tt>-a</tt> is set. Read-only variable. -$-i:: In in-place-edit mode, this variable holds the extension, otherwise +nil+. -$-l:: True if option <tt>-l</tt> is set. Read-only variable. -$-p:: True if option <tt>-p</tt> is set. Read-only variable. - -== Pre-defined global constants - -TRUE:: The typical true value. Deprecated. -FALSE:: The +false+ itself. Deprecated. -NIL:: The +nil+ itself. Deprecated. -STDIN:: The standard input. The default value for $stdin. -STDOUT:: The standard output. The default value for $stdout. -STDERR:: The standard error output. The default value for $stderr. -ENV:: The hash contains current environment variables. -ARGF:: The virtual concatenation of the files given on command line (or from $stdin if no files were given). -ARGV:: An Array of command line arguments given for the script. -DATA:: The file object of the script, pointing just after <code>__END__</code>. -TOPLEVEL_BINDING:: The Binding of the top level scope. -RUBY_VERSION:: The Ruby language version. -RUBY_RELEASE_DATE:: The release date string. -RUBY_PLATFORM:: The platform identifier. -RUBY_PATCHLEVEL:: The patchlevel for this Ruby. If this is a development build of Ruby the patchlevel will be -1. -RUBY_REVISION:: The GIT commit hash for this Ruby. -RUBY_COPYRIGHT:: The copyright string for Ruby. -RUBY_ENGINE:: The name of the Ruby implementation. -RUBY_ENGINE_VERSION:: The version of the Ruby implementation. -RUBY_DESCRIPTION:: The same as <tt>ruby --version</tt>, a String describing various aspects of the Ruby implementation. |