# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1931 [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:** 1932 --- ## [Class object creation and scope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-object-creation-and-scope/50509)
**Author:** [@johnlester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnlester)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-object-creation-and-scope/50509 "2005-12-17T06:11:32Z")
It appears that class objects (created via Class.new) are somewhat unusual. I’m trying to write some code to inject some non-Ruby data into these objects. I’m worried about what happens at GC time, so I need to use D… --- ## [Did the numbers for this list get reset?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/did-the-numbers-for-this-list-get-reset/50373)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/did-the-numbers-for-this-list-get-reset/50373 "2005-12-17T05:56:30Z")
Hi – I just noticed that my last post to ruby-talk has mail-count number 95. Did something get reset? David – David A. Black removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid “Ruby for Rails”, forthcoming from Manning Publica… --- ## [Assigning a block to a variable in Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assigning-a-block-to-a-variable-in-ruby/66461)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assigning-a-block-to-a-variable-in-ruby/66461 "2005-12-17T05:05:24Z")
I am new to Ruby and curious as to how you emulate the following Javascript snippet (example in Windows, hence the call to Echo) var a = function§ {WScript.Echo§} bar(a); function bar(z) { z(1); WScript.Echo(z); … --- ## [How come I get two e-mails?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-come-i-get-two-e-mails/53831)
**Author:** [@Francis\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Francis_V)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-come-i-get-two-e-mails/53831 "2005-12-17T05:02:23Z")
Hi, How come I get two e-mails everytime I post here? --- ## [Correct way to use DRb within a Rails Controller?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-use-drb-within-a-rails-controller/50204)
**Author:** [@d0t1q](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/d0t1q)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-use-drb-within-a-rails-controller/50204 "2005-12-17T04:29:20Z")
\[not really rails specific\] I’m unsure about what should be placed where or if it even matters. Here’s the basic rails controller: -------please\_work\_controller.rb---------- class PleaseWork \< ApplicationController … --- ## [ActiveRecord on cygwin with sqlite3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-on-cygwin-with-sqlite3/70521)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-on-cygwin-with-sqlite3/70521 "2005-12-17T03:53:17Z")
I’ve successfully installed sqlite3-ruby on cygwin (can run a simple database fetch), but the activerecord test suite fails. I’m running it as described in the RUNNING\_UNIT\_TESTS doc: $ ~/gems/activerecord-1.13.1 $ … --- ## [Jedit rhtml autocompletion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jedit-rhtml-autocompletion/70518)
**Author:** [@Matias\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias_S)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jedit-rhtml-autocompletion/70518 "2005-12-17T02:41:07Z")
Does the jedit ruby plugin have rhtml autocompletion??? (autocompletion of embedded ruby code and html tags…) thanks. --- ## [Debugging intermittent FastCGI failure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-intermittent-fastcgi-failure/50443)
**Author:** [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-intermittent-fastcgi-failure/50443 "2005-12-17T01:41:02Z")
I’ve made a FastCGI application which, on the face of it, works well: it’s fast, responsive, and reasonably light on the processors. However, at seemingly random intervals (usually a few hours apart), it just stops re… --- ## [Library for html generation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/library-for-html-generation/50494)
**Author:** [@larrywright](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/larrywright)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/library-for-html-generation/50494 "2005-12-17T01:29:01Z")
Is there a ruby library for generating HTML? I’m looking for something (other than what rails comes with), that’s not tied tightly to any particular web server framework. Basically i just want to be able to call a me… --- ## [Parsing xhtml with libxml](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xhtml-with-libxml/50493)
**Author:** [@hotjuneshen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotjuneshen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xhtml-with-libxml/50493 "2005-12-17T01:13:55Z")
If you get errors complaining of undefined entities like when parsing xhtml it means you need to install the DTD for xhtml 1.0 or 1.1. Example of a doctype for xhtml 1.1: You want to install the DTDs locally follo… --- ## [Re: Did the numbers for this list get reset?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-did-the-numbers-for-this-list-get-reset/50495)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-did-the-numbers-for-this-list-get-reset/50495 "2005-12-17T00:40:50Z")
So long as this message doesn’t have a Mail-Count of 10101010, we’re OK. --- ## [Challenge - regex which matches nothing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/challenge-regex-which-matches-nothing/66888)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/challenge-regex-which-matches-nothing/66888 "2005-12-17T00:16:12Z")
this is the best i’ve come up with %r/^(?!.\*)$/m comments? -a --- ## [YAML for Ruby: How to turn off the boolean interpretations?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-for-ruby-how-to-turn-off-the-boolean-interpretations/49903)
**Author:** [@mikshir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikshir)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-for-ruby-how-to-turn-off-the-boolean-interpretations/49903 "2005-12-17T00:10:02Z")
I have YAML documents generated in Perl and Python that I process with Ruby. Problem: Ruby wants to auto-interpret boolean flagged words, example: words: yes put it on the off setting gets loaded in Ruby as \[true… --- ## [Using Float For Currency](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-float-for-currency/50102)
**Author:** [@HunterSs\_Lists](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/HunterSs_Lists)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-float-for-currency/50102 "2005-12-17T00:04:01Z")
Howdy, I have some methods that manipulate floats that represent a currency amount. I often end up with more precision than I need, i.e.: $9.756. What is the best way to scale that to 9.76? Cheers. --- ## [Math::PI?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/math-pi/70104)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_SchS\_le](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Daniel_SchS_le)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/math-pi/70104 "2005-12-16T23:51:57Z")
Hello, sorry for such a basic question am I missing some module with math constants or are the users … me in this case :slight\_smile: supposed to define them on our own? I know and do now PI = Math.acos(-1) thx Da… --- ## [Ruby + Lotus Domino oh my!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-lotus-domino-oh-my/52878)
**Author:** [@kevin.jackson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin.jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-lotus-domino-oh-my/52878 "2005-12-16T23:39:53Z")
Hi, Does anyone have any experience interfacing ruby to Notes/Domino? I only need to do a data extract, and I absolutely do not want to have to code up C/Java just to suck the data out of a Notes database. I could (… --- ## [Convert seconds to hours:minutes:seconds](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/convert-seconds-to-hoursseconds/50222)
**Author:** [@SSp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSp)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/convert-seconds-to-hoursseconds/50222 "2005-12-16T23:00:36Z")
hello! i am trying to convert a number of seconds to a nicely formatted string like this: 7683 seconds = 02:08:03 is there an easy way to accomplish this? --- ## [Rails with Lighttpd or Apache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-lighttpd-or-apache/50455)
**Author:** [@rawn027](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rawn027)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-lighttpd-or-apache/50455 "2005-12-16T22:00:23Z")
I am doing a clean install of FreeBSD and was wondering the best webserver to use rails with. This will be strictly a remote deployment and devlopment box. I am also thinking about install gentoo or another linux dist… --- ## [Scoped\_require 0.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scoped-require-0-0/50432)
**Author:** [@twifkak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twifkak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scoped-require-0-0/50432 "2005-12-16T21:57:02Z")
… and from the substratum, it arises … One-liner: scoped\_require provides an optional parameter to Kernel#require to allow you to shove the created modules/classes into some sandboxy container module. I use it to prev… --- ## [Re: RRobots (#59)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rrobots-59/50463)
**Author:** [@KroegerS\_Simon\_Sext](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KroegerS_Simon_Sext)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rrobots-59/50463 "2005-12-16T20:37:41Z")
From: Paul N. \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] Are team entries permitted/forbidden? The tournament will be 1on1 only. If your robot has the ability to act well in a team that’s fine, but will not help… --- ## [RSpec - should\_raise method?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-should-raise-method/50479)
**Author:** [@bct](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bct)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-should-raise-method/50479 "2005-12-16T20:28:36Z")
Hello, Does RSpec provide a way to check if an exception gets raised? I would expect a method named should\_raise, but I cant find it. Something like the following should work in the specs, but a method should be add… --- ## [Re: Question of reference and (sub)strings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-question-of-reference-and-sub-strings/50319)
**Author:** [@dasch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dasch)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-question-of-reference-and-sub-strings/50319 "2005-12-16T19:49:26Z")
Given that I only want to compute the offsets once, an obvious solution would be to construct an Array of String - each element representing a sub-string of the original… but this would double memory use. What wou… --- ## [Smarter creation of redunant methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smarter-creation-of-redunant-methods/50462)
**Author:** [@Caleb\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Caleb_T)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smarter-creation-of-redunant-methods/50462 "2005-12-16T18:06:48Z")
I have some methods in a class that look like this: def h\_coil(chan) raise NoDataError if @h\_coils\[chan\].nil? @h\_coils\[chan\] end def i\_coil(chan) raise NoDataError if @i\_coils\[chan\].nil? @i\_coils\[chan\] end and s… --- ## [Is ruby dbi still in development?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-ruby-dbi-still-in-development/50318)
**Author:** [@cap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cap)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-ruby-dbi-still-in-development/50318 "2005-12-16T17:45:39Z")
The lastest version of ruby’s dbi is build at 2003-09-07, 2 years ago And the las version of the perl 's is build at 2005-11-29… So when can we a newer version of ruby’s dbi ? The 0.0.21 is out of date and lack of ma… --- ## [Ldap install problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ldap-install-problem/49597)
**Author:** [@szot.shaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/szot.shaun)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ldap-install-problem/49597 "2005-12-16T17:18:27Z")
Trying to install ruby-ldap on solaris x86 I keep recieving an error that I’m not sure how to resolve. Does anyone know what could be wrong or have any suggestions as to what I might try? ruby extconf.rb --with-openld… --- ## [RubyGems and bin/](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-and-bin/50454)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-and-bin/50454 "2005-12-16T16:54:17Z")
I’ll readily admit that I haven’t looked into this much yet. I thought I would ask here first and get the 10,000 foot view and pointers for where to dig further. I’m interested in RubyGems multiple versions feature. … --- ## [Re: RRobots (#59)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rrobots-59/69935)
**Author:** [@KroegerS\_Simon\_Sext](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KroegerS_Simon_Sext)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rrobots-59/69935 "2005-12-16T16:51:15Z")
\[…\] Is there a limit on the amount of time the tick() method may take? I can think of lots of interesting stuff I may want to try that could be quite expensive computationally. Great quiz! Basically no, I woul… --- ## [Re: Rails with Lighttpd or Apache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rails-with-lighttpd-or-apache/50460)
**Author:** [@sgware](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sgware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rails-with-lighttpd-or-apache/50460 "2005-12-16T16:24:05Z")
Hi Rawn027, Thanks for your message about Ruby on Rails. I think you’ll find that you’re likely to get a quicker and more accurate response to your message on the Ruby on Rails specific mailing list. For subscriptio… --- ## [Ruby GUI recommendations?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gui-recommendations/50028)
**Author:** [@christer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/christer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gui-recommendations/50028 "2005-12-16T14:26:25Z")
Which GUI lib is the best and which is the most widely used ? (Necessarily not the same :slight\_smile: ) I’m using Win XP. I’ve tried wxRuby so far, but would like to get some overview what’s available before decidin… --- ## [Hey Rubyistas!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hey-rubyistas/68456)
**Author:** [@baalbek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/baalbek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hey-rubyistas/68456 "2005-12-16T14:02:22Z")
Hey all Ruby folks! You recieve a lot of praise in the talk backs in this article at: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051213\_042973.htm Just due to this article, I’m sincerely curious about … [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1930) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1932)