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* range.c: Improve documentation for Range. Patch by Chris Zetter.

[Ruby 1.9 - Bug #5656]


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Tue Dec 6 07:26:37 2011 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
* range.c: Improve documentation for Range. Patch by Chris Zetter.
[Ruby 1.9 - Bug #5656]
Mon Dec 5 19:08:04 2011 Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
* regparse.c (PFETCH_READY): separate gcc specific trick.

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@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ rb_range_new(VALUE beg, VALUE end, int exclude_end)
/*
* call-seq:
* Range.new(start, end, exclusive=false) -> range
* Range.new(begin, end, exclude_end=false) -> rng
*
* Constructs a range using the given <i>start</i> and <i>end</i>. If the third
* parameter is omitted or is <code>false</code>, the <i>range</i> will include
* Constructs a range using the given +begin+ and +end+. If the +exclude_end+
* parameter is omitted or is <code>false</code>, the +rng+ will include
* the end object; otherwise, it will be excluded.
*/
@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ range_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE range)
* call-seq:
* rng.exclude_end? -> true or false
*
* Returns <code>true</code> if <i>rng</i> excludes its end value.
* Returns <code>true</code> if the range excludes its end value.
*
* (1..5).exclude_end? #=> false
* (1...5).exclude_end? #=> true
*/
static VALUE
@ -123,9 +126,9 @@ recursive_equal(VALUE range, VALUE obj, int recur)
* call-seq:
* rng == obj -> true or false
*
* Returns <code>true</code> only if <i>obj</i> is a Range, has equivalent
* beginning and end items (by comparing them with <code>==</code>), and has
* the same <code>exclude_end?</code> setting as <i>rng</i>.
* Returns <code>true</code> only if +obj+ is a Range, has equivalent
* begin and end items (by comparing them with <code>==</code>), and has
* the same #exclude_end? setting as the range.
*
* (0..2) == (0..2) #=> true
* (0..2) == Range.new(0,2) #=> true
@ -191,9 +194,9 @@ recursive_eql(VALUE range, VALUE obj, int recur)
* call-seq:
* rng.eql?(obj) -> true or false
*
* Returns <code>true</code> only if <i>obj</i> is a Range, has equivalent
* beginning and end items (by comparing them with #eql?), and has the same
* #exclude_end? setting as <i>rng</i>.
* Returns <code>true</code> only if +obj+ is a Range, has equivalent
* begin and end items (by comparing them with <code>eql?</code>),
* and has the same #exclude_end? setting as the range.
*
* (0..2).eql?(0..2) #=> true
* (0..2).eql?(Range.new(0,2)) #=> true
@ -234,9 +237,9 @@ recursive_hash(VALUE range, VALUE dummy, int recur)
* call-seq:
* rng.hash -> fixnum
*
* Generate a hash value such that two ranges with the same start and
* end points, and the same value for the "exclude end" flag, generate
* the same hash value.
* Compute a hash-code for this range. Two ranges with equal
* begin and end points (using <code>eql?</code>), and the same
* #exclude_end? value will generate the same hash-code.
*/
static VALUE
@ -318,29 +321,32 @@ discrete_object_p(VALUE obj)
* rng.step(n=1) {| obj | block } -> rng
* rng.step(n=1) -> an_enumerator
*
* Iterates over <i>rng</i>, passing each <i>n</i>th element to the block. If
* the range contains numbers, <i>n</i> is added for each iteration. Otherwise
* <code>step</code> invokes <code>succ</code> to iterate through range
* elements. The following code uses class <code>Xs</code>, which is defined
* in the class-level documentation.
* Iterates over the range, passing each <code>n</code>th element to the block.
* If begin and end are numeric, +n+ is added for each iteration.
* Otherwise <code>step</code> invokes <code>succ</code> to iterate through
* range elements.
*
* If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
*
* range = Xs.new(1)..Xs.new(10)
* range.step(2) {|x| puts x}
* range.step(3) {|x| puts x}
* range = Xs.new(1)..Xs.new(10)
* range.step(2) {|x| puts x}
* puts
* range.step(3) {|x| puts x}
*
* <em>produces:</em>
*
* 1 x
* 3 xxx
* 5 xxxxx
* 7 xxxxxxx
* 9 xxxxxxxxx
* 1 x
* 4 xxxx
* 7 xxxxxxx
* 10 xxxxxxxxxx
* 1 x
* 3 xxx
* 5 xxxxx
* 7 xxxxxxx
* 9 xxxxxxxxx
*
* 1 x
* 4 xxxx
* 7 xxxxxxx
* 10 xxxxxxxxxx
*
* See Range for the definition of class Xs.
*/
@ -455,20 +461,20 @@ sym_each_i(VALUE v, void *arg)
* rng.each {| i | block } -> rng
* rng.each -> an_enumerator
*
* Iterates over the elements <i>rng</i>, passing each in turn to the
* block. You can only iterate if the start object of the range
* supports the +succ+ method (which means that you can't iterate over
* ranges of +Float+ objects).
* Iterates over the elements of range, passing each in turn to the
* block.
*
* The +each+ method can only be used if the begin object of the range
* supports the +succ+ method. A TypeError is raised if the object
* does not have +succ+ method defined (like Float).
*
* If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
*
* (10..15).each do |n|
* print n, ' '
* end
* (10..15).each {|n| print n, ' ' }
* # prints: 10 11 12 13 14 15
*
* <em>produces:</em>
*
* 10 11 12 13 14 15
* (2.5..5).each {|n| print n, ' ' }
* # raises: TypeError: can't iterate from Float
*/
static VALUE
@ -523,7 +529,9 @@ range_each(VALUE range)
* call-seq:
* rng.begin -> obj
*
* Returns the first object in <i>rng</i>.
* Returns the object that defines the beginning of the range.
*
* (1..10).begin #=> 1
*/
static VALUE
@ -537,7 +545,7 @@ range_begin(VALUE range)
* call-seq:
* rng.end -> obj
*
* Returns the object that defines the end of <i>rng</i>.
* Returns the object that defines the end of the range.
*
* (1..10).end #=> 10
* (1...10).end #=> 10
@ -570,7 +578,11 @@ first_i(VALUE i, VALUE *ary)
* rng.first -> obj
* rng.first(n) -> an_array
*
* Returns the first object in <i>rng</i>, or the first +n+ elements.
* Returns the first object in the range, or an array of the first +n+
* elements.
*
* (10..20).first #=> 10
* (10..20).first(3) #=> [10, 11, 12]
*/
static VALUE
@ -594,7 +606,16 @@ range_first(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE range)
* rng.last -> obj
* rng.last(n) -> an_array
*
* Returns the last object in <i>rng</i>, or the last +n+ elements.
* Returns the last object in the range,
* or an array of the last +n+ elements.
*
* Note that with no arguments +last+ will return the object that defines
* the end of the range even if #exclude_end? is +true+.
*
* (10..20).last #=> 20
* (10...20).last #=> 20
* (10..20).last(3) #=> [18, 19, 20]
* (10...20).last(3) #=> [17, 18, 19]
*/
static VALUE
@ -610,10 +631,13 @@ range_last(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE range)
* rng.min -> obj
* rng.min {| a,b | block } -> obj
*
* Returns the minimum value in <i>rng</i>. The second uses
* the block to compare values. Returns nil if the first
* value in range is larger than the last value.
* Returns the minimum value in the range. Returns +nil+ if the begin
* value of the range is larger than the end value.
*
* Can be given an optional block to override the default comparison
* method <code>a <=> b</code>.
*
* (10..20).min #=> 10
*/
@ -639,10 +663,13 @@ range_min(VALUE range)
* rng.max -> obj
* rng.max {| a,b | block } -> obj
*
* Returns the maximum value in <i>rng</i>. The second uses
* the block to compare values. Returns nil if the first
* value in range is larger than the last value.
* Returns the maximum value in the range. Returns +nil+ if the begin
* value of the range larger than the end value.
*
* Can be given an optional block to override the default comparison
* method <code>a <=> b</code>.
*
* (10..20).max #=> 20
*/
static VALUE
@ -749,7 +776,8 @@ rb_range_beg_len(VALUE range, long *begp, long *lenp, long len, int err)
* call-seq:
* rng.to_s -> string
*
* Convert this range object to a printable form.
* Convert this range object to a printable form (using #to_s to convert the
* begin and end objects).
*/
static VALUE
@ -790,7 +818,7 @@ inspect_range(VALUE range, VALUE dummy, int recur)
* rng.inspect -> string
*
* Convert this range object to a printable form (using
* <code>inspect</code> to convert the start and end
* <code>inspect</code> to convert the begin and end
* objects).
*/
@ -805,10 +833,9 @@ range_inspect(VALUE range)
* call-seq:
* rng === obj -> true or false
*
* Returns <code>true</code> if <i>obj</i> is an element of
* <i>rng</i>, <code>false</code> otherwise. Conveniently,
* <code>===</code> is the comparison operator used by
* <code>case</code> statements.
* Returns <code>true</code> if +obj+ is an element of the range,
* <code>false</code> otherwise. Conveniently, <code>===</code> is the
* comparison operator used by <code>case</code> statements.
*
* case 79
* when 1..50 then print "low\n"
@ -830,15 +857,16 @@ range_eqq(VALUE range, VALUE val)
/*
* call-seq:
* rng.member?(val) -> true or false
* rng.include?(val) -> true or false
* rng.member?(obj) -> true or false
* rng.include?(obj) -> true or false
*
* Returns <code>true</code> if <i>obj</i> is an element of
* <i>rng</i>, <code>false</code> otherwise. If beg and end are
* numeric, comparison is done according magnitude of values.
* Returns <code>true</code> if +obj+ is an element of
* the range, <code>false</code> otherwise. If begin and end are
* numeric, comparison is done according to the magnitude of the values.
*
* ("a".."z").include?("g") # -> true
* ("a".."z").include?("A") # -> false
* ("a".."z").include?("g") #=> true
* ("a".."z").include?("A") #=> false
* ("a".."z").include?("cc") #=> false
*/
static VALUE
@ -891,14 +919,17 @@ range_include(VALUE range, VALUE val)
/*
* call-seq:
* rng.cover?(val) -> true or false
* rng.cover?(obj) -> true or false
*
* Returns <code>true</code> if <i>obj</i> is between beg and end,
* i.e <code>beg <= obj <= end</code> (or <i>end</i> exclusive when
* <code>exclude_end?</code> is true).
* Returns <code>true</code> if +obj+ is between the begin and end of
* the range.
*
* This tests <code>begin <= obj <= end</code> when #exclude_end? is +false+
* and <code>begin <= obj < end</code> when #exclude_end? is +true+.
*
* ("a".."z").cover?("c") #=> true
* ("a".."z").cover?("5") #=> false
* ("a".."z").cover?("cc") #=> true
*/
static VALUE
@ -958,11 +989,11 @@ range_alloc(VALUE klass)
}
/* A <code>Range</code> represents an interval---a set of values with a
* start and an end. Ranges may be constructed using the
* beginning and an end. Ranges may be constructed using the
* <em>s</em><code>..</code><em>e</em> and
* <em>s</em><code>...</code><em>e</em> literals, or with
* <code>Range::new</code>. Ranges constructed using <code>..</code>
* run from the start to the end inclusively. Those created using
* Range::new. Ranges constructed using <code>..</code>
* run from the beginning to the end inclusively. Those created using
* <code>...</code> exclude the end value. When used as an iterator,
* ranges return each value in the sequence.
*
@ -971,10 +1002,20 @@ range_alloc(VALUE klass)
* ('a'..'e').to_a #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
* ('a'...'e').to_a #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d"]
*
* Ranges can be constructed using objects of any type, as long as the
* objects can be compared using their <code><=></code> operator and
* they support the <code>succ</code> method to return the next object
* in sequence.
* == Custom Objects in Ranges
*
* Ranges can be constructed using any objects that can be compared
* using the <code><=></code> operator.
* Methods that treat the range as a sequence (#each and methods inherited
* from Enumerable) expect the begin object to implement a
* <code>succ</code> method to return the next object in sequence.
* The #step and #include? methods require the begin
* object to implement <code>succ</code> or to be numeric.
*
* In the <code>Xs</code> class below both <code><=></code> and
* <code>succ</code> are implemented so <code>Xs</code> can be used
* to construct ranges. Note that the Comparable module is included
* so the <code>==</code> method is defined in terms of <code><=></code>.
*
* class Xs # represent a string of 'x's
* include Comparable
@ -996,17 +1037,12 @@ range_alloc(VALUE klass)
* end
* end
*
* A example of using <code>Xs</code> to construct a range:
*
* r = Xs.new(3)..Xs.new(6) #=> xxx..xxxxxx
* r.to_a #=> [xxx, xxxx, xxxxx, xxxxxx]
* r.member?(Xs.new(5)) #=> true
*
* In the previous code example, class <code>Xs</code> includes the
* <code>Comparable</code> module. This is because
* <code>Enumerable#member?</code> checks for equality using
* <code>==</code>. Including <code>Comparable</code> ensures that the
* <code>==</code> method is defined in terms of the <code><=></code>
* method implemented in <code>Xs</code>.
*
*/
void