1999-01-20 07:59:39 +03:00
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Language Spec.
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1999-10-13 10:44:42 +04:00
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- def foo; .. rescue .. end
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1999-10-15 12:52:18 +04:00
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- compile time string concatenation, "hello" "world" => "helloworld"
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1999-11-10 09:47:11 +03:00
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- rescue modifier; a rescue b => begin a rescue; b end
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1999-10-29 13:25:48 +04:00
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* objectify symbols
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* objectify characters
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1999-08-13 09:45:20 +04:00
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* ../... outside condition invokes operator method too.
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* %w(a\ b\ c abc) => ["a b c", "abc"]
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1999-01-20 07:59:39 +03:00
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* package or access control for global variables
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1999-08-13 09:45:20 +04:00
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* class variable (prefix?)
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* named arguments like foo(nation:="german") or foo(nation: "german").
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* method to retrieve argument information (need new C API)
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* multiple return values, yield values. maybe incompatible ???
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* cascading method invocation ???
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* def Class#method .. end ??
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* class Foo::Bar<Baz .. end, module Boo::Bar .. end
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* def Foo::Bar::baz() .. end ??
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1999-01-20 07:59:39 +03:00
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Hacking Interpreter
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1999-10-21 11:52:15 +04:00
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- use eban's fnmatch
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- RUBYOPT environment variable
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1999-10-15 12:52:18 +04:00
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* non-blocking open (e.g. for named pipe) for thread
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1999-01-20 07:59:39 +03:00
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* avoid blocking with gethostbyname/gethostbyaddr
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* objectify interpreters
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* remove rb_eval() recursions
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* syntax tree -> bytecode ???
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* scrambled script, or script filter
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1999-08-13 09:45:20 +04:00
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* setuid ruby
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Standard Libraries
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1999-10-13 10:44:42 +04:00
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- hash[key] = nil may not remove entry; hashes may have nil as the value.
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1999-10-15 12:52:18 +04:00
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- hash.fetch(key) raises exception if key is not found.
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1999-10-13 10:44:42 +04:00
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- Array#{first,last,at}
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- Dir.glob(pat){|f|...}
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1999-11-10 09:47:11 +03:00
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* Dir.glob("**/*.c") ala zsh
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1999-08-13 09:45:20 +04:00
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* Struct::new([name,]member,...) ??
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* String#scanf(?)
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* Object#fmt(?)
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* Time::strptime
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* Integer[num], Float[num]; Fixnum[num]?
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1999-10-21 11:52:15 +04:00
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* method to retrieve non-number trailer for to_i/to_f.
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1999-08-13 09:45:20 +04:00
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* Stream or Port, abstract superclass of IO ?
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* String#{pred,prev}, String#downto
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* optional stepsize argument for succ()
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1999-01-20 07:59:39 +03:00
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Extension Libraries
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1999-10-13 10:44:42 +04:00
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- FastCGI ruby
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1999-01-20 07:59:39 +03:00
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* ptk.rb pTk wrapper that is compatible to tk.rb
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1999-10-29 13:25:48 +04:00
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* Berkeley DB extension
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1999-01-20 07:59:39 +03:00
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Ruby Libraries
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* httplib.rb, urllib.rb, nttplib.rb, etc.
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* format like perl's
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Tools
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1999-10-29 13:25:48 +04:00
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- extension library maker like XS or SWIG
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1999-01-20 07:59:39 +03:00
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* freeze or undump to bundle everything
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Misc
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1999-10-13 10:44:42 +04:00
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- publish Ruby books
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