# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1149 [Latest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1150 --- ## [Is there any nomenclature for private methods?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-nomenclature-for-private-methods/135797)
**Author:** [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-nomenclature-for-private-methods/135797 "2008-04-25T15:56:29Z")
Hi, I don’t like the way of declaring publi and private methods since it’s not really clear. AFAIK there are you ways: class C def public\_1 end def public\_2 end private: def private\_1 end public: def publ… --- ## [This can't be right](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/this-cant-be-right/135745)
**Author:** [@stefankroes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stefankroes)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/this-cant-be-right/135745 "2008-04-25T14:37:41Z")
Hi all, I’m pretty new to Ruby and RoR but I’m trying to learn for a large project. I wrote the following method in one of my models but it can’t be the right way to do this because ruby should be able to do it way m… --- ## ["alias name objetc.method" not allowed?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alias-name-objetc-method-not-allowed/135833)
**Author:** [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alias-name-objetc-method-not-allowed/135833 "2008-04-25T14:07:23Z")
Hi, I’ve a method that returns an object: def object return @object end That @object is a object of class MyObject containing methods: class MyObject def hello “helloooooooo” end end And I’d like to do: def o… --- ## [OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext#set\_params](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-sslcontext-set-params/134808)
**Author:** [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-sslcontext-set-params/134808 "2008-04-25T13:13:41Z")
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**Author:** [@vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanderkerkoff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eof-behaviour/135829 "2008-04-25T13:01:37Z")
Hello everyone I’m sending an event to google calendar from my ruby code. I got it all working lovely with ClirntLogin, but you need to get it working with their AuthSub authentication mechanism for it to be of any r… --- ## [Pointer concept in Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pointer-concept-in-ruby/135756)
**Author:** [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pointer-concept-in-ruby/135756 "2008-04-25T11:10:11Z")
Hi, I’d like to have a variable pointing to a Hash/Array element, so if I modify the variable then the Hash/Array element is modified too. AFAIK this is not possible with Ruby since the abscense of pointer concept. I … --- ## [$B%G%6%$%s%\_!\<%F%#%s%0(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/b-g-6-s-f-s-0-b/135697)
**Author:** [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/b-g-6-s-f-s-0-b/135697 "2008-04-25T11:08:21Z")
e$B$^$D$b$He(B e$B$f$-$R$m$G$9e(B e$B:#=5$N7nMKF|e(B(22e$BF|e(B)e$B$K!"Bh#12s$H$J$k%G%6%$%s%\_!\<%F%#%s%0$,e(BIRC e$B\>e$G3+:E$5$l$^$7$?!#$3$l$O3F\ **Author:** [@Victor\_SZverokS\_She](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Victor_SZverokS_She)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby1-9-instance-eval-and-private-methods/135734 "2008-04-25T10:48:40Z") Can somebody please explain this: class A end blk = proc do def test puts ‘test’ end end a1 = A.new a1.instance\_eval &blk a1.test #=\> prints “test” def indirect(a, &blk) a.instance\_eval &blk end a2 = A.new … --- ## [Ruby 1.8.7-preview2 has been released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-preview2-has-been-released/135281)
**Author:** [@Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Akinori_MUSHA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-preview2-has-been-released/135281 "2008-04-25T09:10:06Z")
　Ruby 1.8.7-preview2 をリリースしました。土曜日の予定でしたが、 気になる問題が直前に発生し遅れてしまいました。 　互換性を含め、 preview1 以降見つかった問題… --- ## [Seo's patch for building on mono](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seos-patch-for-building-on-mono/135777)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seos-patch-for-building-on-mono/135777 "2008-04-25T07:49:52Z")
FYI I’m accepting part of the patch only. This won’t be accepted - if folks want this to compile under Mono, please submit a patch that fixes this correctly (new defines etc). Index: src/microsoft.scripting.core/shell… --- ## [Bj 1.0.1 -- can I rerun jobs that have had errors](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bj-1-0-1-can-i-rerun-jobs-that-have-had-errors/135806)
**Author:** [@stepheneb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stepheneb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bj-1-0-1-can-i-rerun-jobs-that-have-had-errors/135806 "2008-04-25T05:45:40Z")
ara, Backgroundjob works great – Thanks! I have about 40 jobs in the job table that have errors and I’d like to rerun them because I’ve fixed the condition which caused the error. Is there a way to re-run them using … --- ## [Manipulating Silverlight controls dynamically from IronRuby - is it currently possible?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-silverlight-controls-dynamically-from-ironruby-is-it-currently-possible/134161)
**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-silverlight-controls-dynamically-from-ironruby-is-it-currently-possible/134161 "2008-04-25T05:34:34Z")
Hi, Is it currently possible to add children to an existing Silverlight control from the ruby code side ? (like in the IronPython version seen on http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/webide/webide.html - great stuf… --- ## [Puts "\\\\".gsub("\\\\", "\\\\\\\\")](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/puts-gsub/135710)
**Author:** [@martinus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martinus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/puts-gsub/135710 "2008-04-25T05:15:50Z")
Hello, I have a mini-ruby quiz. Guess what this line of code writes to the console, then try it for yourself: puts “\\”.gsub("\\", “\\\\”) Why is that so? Martin --- ## [How can I organize my project in the best way?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-organize-my-project-in-the-best-way/135460)
**Author:** [@Christoffer\_LernSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Christoffer_LernSSS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-organize-my-project-in-the-best-way/135460 "2008-04-25T04:48:22Z")
I’m writing a server for a networked game using ruby, but I keep running into issues when organizing them. Basically I have a structure looking a bit like this: lib/ testclient/ gamemodel/ gamecommands/ server/ u… --- ## [Re: Running activerecord](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-running-activerecord/135803)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Blackwell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_Blackwell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-running-activerecord/135803 "2008-04-25T03:25:42Z")
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:56:32 -0700, “John L. (IRONRUBY)” removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid said: Thanks for doing this work, Brian! This will give me a bunch of things to look at around the core libs this weekend. … --- ## [Works thro irb but not on commandline](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/works-thro-irb-but-not-on-commandline/135783)
**Author:** [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/works-thro-irb-but-not-on-commandline/135783 "2008-04-25T02:13:12Z")
i have a strange prob. when i run this code under irb, the buddy can recieve the message. when i run it under the ruby commandline, the buddy does not recive the message. i am not sure what the difference is. any poi… --- ## [\[ANN\] CruiseControl.rb 1.3.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-cruisecontrol-rb-1-3-0/135798)
**Author:** [@alexeyv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexeyv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-cruisecontrol-rb-1-3-0/135798 "2008-04-25T01:28:44Z")
Dear all, CruiseControl.rb is a continuous integration tool. Its basic purpose in life is to alert members of a software project when one of them checks something into source control that breaks the build. CC.rb is e… --- ## [REXML cannot handle apostrophes?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rexml-cannot-handle-apostrophes/135667)
**Author:** [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rexml-cannot-handle-apostrophes/135667 "2008-04-25T00:41:20Z")
I have this line in my XML file that was created by REXML And I simply cannot access that element using REXML, at all, in any way, no matter what, as far as I can tell… I have tried escaping the apostrophes, I have t… --- ## [Writing Math symbols in WinXP machine - How?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-math-symbols-in-winxp-machine-how/135792)
**Author:** [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-math-symbols-in-winxp-machine-how/135792 "2008-04-25T00:31:22Z")
Hi, I found a .NET site that Pi is Unicode-16 0x03A0) & Sigma is 0xH03A3. I’d like to use them in a Ruby program generating Windows output (an .rbx program). This site contains a lot of what I’d like: http://www.ast… --- ## [On Enterprise Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/on-enterprise-ruby/90258)
**Author:** [@alexeyv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexeyv)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/on-enterprise-ruby/90258 "2008-04-25T00:23:58Z")
Q: What the hell is “Enterprise Ruby” anyway? A: Yet another ‘stack’ of crap so complex that any salesperson can use Steak and Strippers to easily sell it to management thanks to the bikeshedding effect. – Zed S. (a… --- ## [Dynamic class?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-class/135755)
**Author:** [@varunkumargoel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varunkumargoel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-class/135755 "2008-04-24T23:37:27Z")
Hi All, In controller i have one method like def create\_class Object.const\_get("Array").new end I Ruby forums i cam to know that will create a class called Array.Am i right?? Now my question is that where is… --- ## [Some metaprogramming with define\_method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-metaprogramming-with-define-method/135786)
**Author:** [@phil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-metaprogramming-with-define-method/135786 "2008-04-24T23:35:42Z")
Hello, I was hoping that the following snippet would output test\_method instead it raises an ‘undefined method’. module Proxy def self.append\_features(mod) mod.extend(ClassMethods) end module ClassMethods def … --- ## [How to add function parameter and conditions dynamically?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-add-function-parameter-and-conditions-dynamically/135719)
**Author:** [@varunkumargoel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varunkumargoel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-add-function-parameter-and-conditions-dynamically/135719 "2008-04-24T23:31:35Z")
Hi All, I have one function in that function i wanna add parameters and conditions dynamically. I hope you got me if yes please tell me what should i do. Thanks Varun K. --- ## [Question about array.each{|x| delete x}](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-array-each-x-delete-x/135701)
**Author:** [@Frisco\_Del\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Frisco_Del_R)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-array-each-x-delete-x/135701 "2008-04-24T23:21:01Z")
myArray = \[1, 2, 3\] puts myArray myArray.each {|x| if x == 1 then puts “one” elsif x == 2 then myArray.delete x elsif x == 3 then puts “three” end } puts myArray The output of the above is: 1 2 3 one 1 … --- ## [Function appends same value to string based on number of function calls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/function-appends-same-value-to-string-based-on-number-of-function-calls/135768)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/function-appends-same-value-to-string-based-on-number-of-function-calls/135768 "2008-04-24T21:05:46Z")
Hi Guys, Is this default ruby behaviour or is this a bug? Based on the number of call to Testappend::get\_some\_value, the string “-New Value” is appended x number of times. If you first assign value = ‘’ instead of va… --- ## [Email/SMTP::NET Problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/email-smtp-net-problems/135673)
**Author:** [@cage9d9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cage9d9)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/email-smtp-net-problems/135673 "2008-04-24T20:57:03Z")
Greetings, This is my first time posting but this problem I am having is really annoying. Here is a section of my code: fname = cgi\[‘fname’\] lname = cgi\[‘lname’\] pw = cgi\[‘password’\] em = cgi\[‘email’\] buf = “ ” m… --- ## [Xmlrpc client (HttpBadResponse error)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xmlrpc-client-httpbadresponse-error/135766)
**Author:** [@nateleavitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nateleavitt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xmlrpc-client-httpbadresponse-error/135766 "2008-04-24T20:55:05Z")
Hey guys… I’m having some issues connecting to an xmlrpc server. Here is my code below: require “xmlrpc/client” server = XMLRPC::Client.new(“webservice.com”, “/api/xmlrpc”, 443) result = server.call(‘ContactService.l… --- ## [Traits-1.9.1 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/traits-1-9-1-released/135770)
**Author:** [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/traits-1-9-1-released/135770 "2008-04-24T20:07:57Z")
Hi list motivated by a recent discussion on this list and in order to be functionally compatible with #is\_a? for modules I have added Object#behaves\_like?. I did not want to overload Object#is\_a? because traits do no… --- ## [Triangle Area (#160)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/triangle-area-160/135750)
**Author:** [@mansfiem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mansfiem)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/triangle-area-160/135750 "2008-04-24T18:44:15Z")
Calculating the area of a triangle is a long solved problem with well-known solutions. I mentioned a few possible techniques in the quiz; almost everyone provided short, simple, exact solutions, which I’ll go over in… --- ## [New Towards Rails WIKI page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-towards-rails-wiki-page/135735)
**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-towards-rails-wiki-page/135735 "2008-04-24T18:14:03Z")
I’ve created a new WIKI page at http://ironruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?TowardsRails to summarize the current progress towards executing Gems and Rails. It contains a priority list of unresolved bugs, unimplemented… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1148) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1150)