[MacRuby-devel] RubyCocoa layer

[Laurent Sansonetti]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Eloy Duran wrote:

>>> Also it is now in lib/osx/rubycocoa.rb and there's a osx/cocoa.rb.
>>> The latter will probably be removed as to not have RubyCocoa
>>> applications work by default.
>>> This needs to be discussed further.
>>
>> As I said earlier I don't think osx/cocoa.rb is a good idea, I would
>> prefer rubycocoa.rb instead.
>>
>> This is a temporarily compatible layer, designed to help people port
>> their RubyCocoa app to MacRuby. The purpose is not to provide a layer
>> on which people can rely on eternally. So having developers  
>> explicitly
>> require rubycocoa.rb is better IMHO (and anyway, in the most cases,
>> this will be an Xcode app that has to be modified to link against
>> MacRuby.)
>>
>> Also, I don't think it's a good idea to duplicate the whole osx/*.rb
>> environment then.
>
> I don't completely agree with you on these points.
> As for now I do not intend to completely port my apps to MacRuby,
> also because I simply don't have the time. But I would like to be
> able to develop further on MacRuby while still being able to use RC if
> it's necessary.
> So this is I guess the main difference in our points of view.
>
> But to get back to the real issue at hand,
> sure I understand it's better to remind developers that
> using the layer is not the optimal way of using MacRuby.
>
> I'll remove osx/cocoa.rb and add it to Rucola.

After thinking about this, I changed my mind, and agree with yours.  
Let's stick to osx/cocoa.

Also, I filed http://ruby.macosforge.org/trac/ticket/89 regarding pure  
C RubyCocoa APIs that also need to be emulated (I will take care of  
this).

Laurent