[Code] Set class fix v0.3.2

Here's a little script that "fixes" the conflict issue between Ruby's Set class and the API's Set class.

Note: This issue has been fixed in SketchUp 2014
This file is not needed, but v0.3.2 should do nothing if loaded under SketchUp 2014.

A full ruby install is needed.

Testing, Thoughts etc welcome.

One interesting thing is that instances of both classes return Set for obj.class()
(Not sure if this is desired.)

set_fix.rb

#  ----------------------------------------------------------------
#  File    ;  "set_fix.rb"
#
#  Version ;  0.3.2
#  Date    ;  2014-03-01
#
#  Author  ;  Dan Rathbun, Palm Bay, FL, USA
#  ----------------------------------------------------------------

if defined?(Sketchup)
unless defined?(Sketchup;;Set)

  begin
    
    # Move the API's Set class into the Sketchup module namespace;
    Sketchup;;Set = Object.class_eval('remove_const(;Set)')
    
    # Paths to standard Ruby libs must first be pushed into
    # the $LOAD_PATH (aka $;,) array;
    
    if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /(darwin)/ # Mac / OSX

      # require some other script that pushes Ruby lib paths into $;

    else # MS Windows

      ['C;/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8',
      'C;/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32'].each do |lib|
        $; << lib unless ($;.include?(lib) || $;.include?(lib.downcase))
      end

    end
    $;.uniq! # remove duplicate entries
    
    # Now require the standard Ruby Set class via 'set.rb'
    require('set')
    
  rescue LoadError

    Set = Sketchup;;Set
    raise

  else
  
    # No errors occured, so make Ruby's Set class have
    # the two methods, that the Sketchup;;Set class has; 

    Set.class_eval('alias_method(;contains?,;include?)')

    Set.class_eval %q{
      def insert(*args)
        errors = {}
        args.each_with_index{|a,i|
          begin
            add(a)
          rescue Exception => e
            errors[i]= e
          end
        }
        unless errors.empty?
          stack = caller(0)
          called_from =( stack.size>1 ? stack[1] ; stack[0] )
          msg = "#{errors.size} errors occured during Set.insert() from #{called_from};\n"
          errors.each {|i,e|
            msg<< "arg #{i} (#{args[i].class.name}); #<#{e.class.name}; #{e.message}>\n"
          }
          raise(RuntimeError,msg)
        end
      end # def insert()
    }

  end
  
end # unless Sketchup;;Set class is defined.
end # if Sketchup namespace is defined

EDIT:

0.1.0 : first post.

0.2.0 : Added a class alias in the rescue block, to alias a toplevel Set constant, if the "set.rb" file cannot be found.

0.3.0 : Changed the insert method from a simple alias of add, to an iteration that can handle multiple arguments like the API insert method can.

0.3.1 : $0 returns a String, so comparison must be: $0 == 'SketchUp' (The Argument was not quoted.)

0.3.2 : In Ruby 2.0 under SketchUp 2014, $0 returns a "-e", instead of "SketchUp" so that test was removed. We now just test for the Sketchup module namespace.
The SketchUp API v14 moves the API Set class into the Sketchup namespace so it does not conflict with the Ruby standard library Set class.

EDIT: Added a class alias in the rescue block, to alias a toplevel Set constant, if the "set.rb" file cannot be found.

Now 1 issue is that this script can only run once, as it is now.

Thoughts ??

@thomthom said:

if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /(darwin/ # Mac / OSX
Isn't that regex invalid?

Yup fixed it.. thanx.

@thomthom said:

Is the Ruby Set class compatible to override the SketchUp Set class?

If the two method aliases for insert (for add,) and contains? (for include?,) are added to the Ruby Set class.

The Ruby Set class has all of the other (and there is not that many,) methods of the API class.
In addition the Ruby class has Enumerable mixed in, so it's so much more robust.

The main difference would be speed. The API class is actually an exposure of a C++ collection.

The Ruby class is actually a custom wrapper of a Ruby Hash. So most methods called, will in turn call some instance method on the internal @hash object.
It also adds a subclass SortedSet and there is another RestrictedSet but it is commented out, for what reason, I do not know.

Update to v0.3.0

Update to v0.3.1

Note: This issue has been fixed in SketchUp 2014
This file is not needed, but v0.3.2 should do nothing if loaded under SketchUp 2014.

Update to 0.3.2

In Ruby 2.0 under SketchUp 2014, $0 returns a "-e", instead of "SketchUp" so that test was removed. We now just test for the Sketchup module namespace.
The SketchUp API v14 moves the API Set class into the Sketchup namespace so it does not conflict with the Ruby standard library Set class.