HappyFileFinder wrote:Ok, found a copy [of a Standard Ruby Lib file ] here: [...URL to Jim Foltz' webpage snipped...] if anyone needs it in the future.
I don't really think Jim meant to be serving up Ruby Standard Libs for general use. For his plugin perhaps, but a well written plugin should first attempt to load the library from the user's standard Ruby install, and then only load a 'plugin packaged' version if the user's system does not have a full Ruby install.
You can run into version mis-match bugs, etc.
Code snippet:
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unless defined?(ExtendedRubyClassNameHere)
begin
# attempt to load from Std Lib
require('extendedrubylibfile.rb')
rescue LoadError
# Woops! Load a plugin supplied copy
require('pluginsubfolder/extendedrubylibfile.rb')
end
end
You can get fancy and check the user's RUBY_VERSION, but really if the user has not installed a full Ruby install, they will be running v.1.8.0 (on Win32) and v.1.8.5 (on Mac,) so you might consider suppling v.1.8.0 & v.1.8.5 Ruby backup libs with your plugins.
hhmm.. code would be::
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unless defined?(ExtendedRubyClassNameHere)
begin
# attempt to load from Std Lib
require('extendedrubylibfile.rb')
rescue LoadError
# Woops! Load a plugin supplied copy
if RUBY_VERSION=='1.8.0'
require('pluginsubfolder/1.8.0/extendedrubylibfile.rb')
else # prob on a Mac
require('pluginsubfolder/1.8.5/extendedrubylibfile.rb')
end
end
end
Sometimes the code in certain Ruby lib scripts does not change for many versions, so sometimes the choice is a bit simplier.
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