std libs are all the "extra" classes that you need to require in your code like rexml, yaml, CGI etc...
- Matt On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Anthony Buck <r...@arbia.co.uk> wrote: > Thank you for such prompt response! I am surprised that the standard > lib can be left out though! Is there any formal/informal list of what > ruby considers "standard library"? Can we safely assume that most > container classes are available for instance? Array, Hash etc? Am I > right in assuming that what is left out is anything that warrants a > "require" statement? > > Again, Thanks! > > Anthony > > On 4 February 2010 01:36, Anthony Buck <r...@arbia.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a couple of questions which I have attempted to answer to > > no-avail. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right > > direction (Quite new to OS X development so my apologies if it is > > mealy my incompetence that has lead me here.) > > > > 1) I am looking into using MacRuby and am interested in it's ability > > to AOT compile ruby code down to an executable. I am wondering though > > whether this places a restriction on the code in any way? Is there a > > subset of ruby which is supported or can i go ahead and perform all > > the meta-magic i want and still have the code AOT compiled? > > > > 2) I am also interested in targeting both 10.6 and 10.5 with any > > applications developed (at 50%+ OS X share it is imposable to ignore > > with any conscience.) I have looked at the deployment task shipped > > with Mac Ruby and love the fact that I can have a simple .app to pass > > on to my users however, am i right in thinking that this .app will > > only operate on 10.6 machines? If so is there any way to develop > > either a combined or separate .app which is useful to users of 10.5? > > Is this possible when the development system is 10.6? > > > > 3) I also read an article about how the developer of Stopwatch* > > packaged said application without the "standard library." am I right > > in thinking that this is the ruby standard library which was left > > unpackaged? Wouldn't this render the application un-runnable? > > > > Any advice on any of the 3 questions is much appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > Anthony Buck > > > > > > * http://isaac.kearse.co.nz/2010/01/31/stopwatch/ > > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >
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