On 6/15/06, TRANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/7/06, Jim Weirich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > module Config
> > unless Config.respond_to?(:datadir)
> >
> > # Return the path to the data directory associated with the given
> > # package name. Normally this is just
> > # "#{Config::CONFIG['datadir']}/#{package_name}", but may be
> > # modified by packages like RubyGems to handle versioned data
> > # directories.
> > def Config.datadir(package_name)
> > File.join(CONFIG['datadir'], package_name)
> > end
> >
> > end
> > end
> >
> > Notice that is carefully checks for an existing datadir method, so if it
> > does become available natively in Ruby, this file will degrade gracefully.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> The problem I see here is the plan to mix versioned and non-version
> results from the same method when both are possible --maybe not for
> Gems, but for a general solution it should. So what about two methods?
> #datadir and #vdatadir. By default, i.e. no versions to speak of, they
> would return the same thing. And with Gems, where there is _only_
> versions, they would also return the same . But should it become
> possible for Gems in the future, or for other's, they could be
> differentiated.
Anyone?
T.
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