| Deleting Code | 05 Nov 03 | |
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I am happily deleting code in the Rake project! Rake provided a Sys module
that allowed easy access to command line-like file commands (such as
copying files, creating symlinks, etc). I’ve just discovered the
FileUtils module in Ruby 1.8 and it covers 90% of what the Sys module
provides. FileUtils also uses a better naming scheme than Sys; FileUtils
names mimic Unix command line programs so they are easier to remember and
use. Sys.run and Sys.ruby aren’t represented in FileUtils, so I will
provide some kind of replacement for them.
If anyone has a heartache over losing Sys, I’ll provide an optional Sys module in a contrib directory. But for now, Sys is being deprecated. I just love it when I can delete code! blog comments powered by Disqus | ||
