"ri intern" not working?

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strange that ri intern is not giving the String#intern

but ri superclass will give the Class#superclass

have to use ri String#intern

(using ri from InstantRails 1.7)

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SpringFlowers AutumnMoon wrote:

strange that ri intern is not giving the String#intern

but ri superclass will give the Class#superclass

have to use ri String#intern

(using ri from InstantRails 1.7)

oh it is actually showing... at the right hand side of a line...

by the way, sometimes ri is really slow. is there a way just to build
the index or speed up the search?

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On Behalf Of SpringFlowers AutumnMoon
# by the way, sometimes ri is really slow. is there a way just
# to build the index or speed up the search?

do yourself a favor, use fastri (faster w more features)

botp@pc4all:~$ time fri string#intern
---------------------------------------------------------- String#intern
     str.intern => symbol
     str.to_sym => symbol

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Returns the Symbol corresponding to str, creating the symbol if it
     did not previously exist. See Symbol#id2name.

        "Koala".intern #=> :Koala
        s = 'cat'.to_sym #=> :cat
        s == :cat #=> true
        s = '@cat'.to_sym #=> :@cat
        s == :@cat #=> true

     This can also be used to create symbols that cannot be represented
     using the :xxx notation.

        'cat and dog'.to_sym #=> :"cat and dog"

real 0m3.006s
user 0m2.416s
sys 0m0.200s
botp@pc4all:~$ time qri string#intern
<..snip..>

real 0m3.036s
user 0m2.792s
sys 0m0.216s

botp@pc4all:~$ time ri string#intern
Bad argument: string#intern

real 0m12.493s
user 0m7.520s
sys 0m1.356s

ri is too slow and case sensitive.

kind regards -botp

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gem install fastri

m.

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SpringFlowers AutumnMoon <summercoolness@gmail.com> wrote:

SpringFlowers AutumnMoon wrote:
> strange that ri intern is not giving the String#intern
>
> but ri superclass will give the Class#superclass
>
> have to use ri String#intern
>
> (using ri from InstantRails 1.7)

oh it is actually showing... at the right hand side of a line...

by the way, sometimes ri is really slow. is there a way just to build
the index or speed up the search?

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