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Generate strings that match a given regular expression
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symlink unimplemented when installing #9

Closed MarioRuiz closed 7 years ago

MarioRuiz commented 7 years ago

I get this message when installing it on windows 10: C:/Ruby22/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/package.rb:388:in `symlink': symlink() function is unimplemented on this machine (NotImplementedError)

tom-lord commented 7 years ago

Ahhh yes, Windows 10... :laughing:

I have no idea why sym links aren't supported on your machine/Windows 10. However, there is currently only one sym link in the gem, which you can see in this folder.

The purpose of those files is to support changes in unicode ranges mapped by named properties (e.g. /\p{Greek}/.random_example) between different ruby versions. But, since the definitions haven't actually changed between every version, I used a sym link to optimise the data stored.

I wrote that code a long time ago now, and in hindsight I think a better solution would actually be: Rather than using symbolic links at all, if there is no pstore file defined for your ruby version then automatically use the highest defined version below it. (E.g. if you were to run this gem with ruby v2.5 today, then it would automatically reference the unicode_ranges_2.4.pstore).

I'll have a dig into the code soon and work out a (fairly simple, I think) fix for you. In the meantime, you could just clone the repo, remove that one file and install them gem manually.

tom-lord commented 7 years ago

Hi @MarioRuiz, could you please try installing the latest gem version now (v1.3.0)? I think your issue should hopefully be resolved.

MarioRuiz commented 7 years ago

Works like magic now. I like the idea of this gem. I've been working on something similar internally. I'll try to be a good contributor. Thank you!

tom-lord commented 7 years ago

Awesome :) Thanks for raising the issue!