path: root/lang/ruby16-shim-ruby18/pkg-descr

Ruby Shim is a set of modules that provide the libraries and the
additional features that will appear in the next version of Ruby.

Shim between 1.6 and 1.8 includes:

	features/ruby18	Hooks to support ruby 1.8 extensions
	dl		Interface to dynamic linker
	erb		Tiny eRuby implementation
	racc-runtime	Racc runtime module
	stringio	IO interface for String
	strscan		Fast string scanner
	benchmark	Benchmark module
	fileutils	File & directory manipulation
	ipaddr		Manipulates an IP address
	open-uri	An easy-to-use wrapper for net/http and net/ftp
	optparse	Advanced command line option parser
	pp		Pretty printer (prettier version of `p')
	set		Set class
	tsort		Topological sorter