marcandre-backports 1.7.1 → 1.8.0

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/enumerator.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require 'enumerator'
+module Enumerable
+  class Enumerator
+    def next
+      require 'generator'
+      @generator ||= Generator.new(self)
+      raise StopIteration unless @generator.next?
+      @generator.next
+    end unless method_defined? :next
+
+    def rewind
+      @object.rewind if @object.respond_to? :rewind
+      require 'generator'
+      @generator ||= Generator.new(self)
+      @generator.rewind
+      self
+    end unless method_defined? :rewind
+  end
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/env.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class << ENV
+  Backports.make_block_optional self, :delete_if, :each, :each_key, :each_pair, :each_value, :reject!, :select, :test_on => ENV
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/fixnum.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class Fixnum
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Fixnum.html]
+  def div(n)
+    (self / n).to_i
+  end unless method_defined? :div
+
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Fixnum.html]
+  def fdiv(n)
+    to_f / n
+  end unless method_defined? :fdiv
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/float.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Fixnum
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Fixnum.html]
+  alias_method :fdiv, :/ unless method_defined? :fdiv
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/hash.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+class Hash
+  # New Ruby 1.8.7+ constructor -- not documented, see redmine # 1385
+  # <tt>Hash[[[:foo, :bar],[:hello, "world"]]] ==> {:foo => :bar, :hello => "world"}</tt>
+  class << self
+    alias_method :original_constructor, :[]
+    def [](*args)
+      return original_constructor(*args) unless args.length == 1 && args.first.is_a?(Array)
+      {}.tap do |h|
+        args.first.each do |arr|
+          next unless arr.respond_to? :to_ary
+          arr = arr.to_ary
+          next unless (1..2).include? arr.size
+          h[arr.at(0)] = arr.at(1)
+        end
+      end
+    end unless (Hash[[[:test, :test]]] rescue false)
+  end
+
+  Backports.make_block_optional self, :delete_if, :each, :each_key, :each_pair, :each_value, :reject, :reject!, :select, :test_on => {:hello => "world!"}
+
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Hash.html]
+  alias_method :key, :index unless method_defined? :key
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/integer.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+class Integer
+  Backports.make_block_optional self, :downto, :times, :upto, :test_on => 42, :arg => 42
+
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Fixnum.html]
+  def even?
+    self[0].zero?
+  end unless method_defined? :even?
+
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Fixnum.html]
+  def odd?
+    !even?
+  end unless method_defined? :odd?
+
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Fixnum.html]
+  def ord
+    self
+  end unless method_defined? :ord
+
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Fixnum.html]
+  def pred
+    self - 1
+  end unless method_defined? :pred
+end

data/lib/backports/{io.rb → 1.8.7/io.rb}

@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-if RUBY_VERSION < '1.8.7'
-  class IO
-    make_block_optional :each, :each_line, :each_byte
+class IO
+  if RUBY_VERSION < '1.8.7'
+    Backports.make_block_optional self, :each, :each_line, :each_byte
     class << self
-      make_block_optional :foreach
+      Backports.make_block_optional self, :foreach
     end
   end
 
-end
-
-class IO
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/IO.html]
   def bytes
     to_enum :each_byte
   end unless method_defined? :bytes
   
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/IO.html]
   def chars
     to_enum :each_char
   end unless method_defined? :chars
   
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/IO.html]
   def each_char
     return to_enum(:each_char) unless block_given?
     if $KCODE == "UTF-8"
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class IO
   alias_method :getbyte, :getc  unless method_defined? :getbyte
   alias_method :readbyte, :readchar unless method_defined? :readchar
   
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/IO.html]
   def lines(*args)
     to_enum :each_line, *args
   end unless method_defined? :lines

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/kernel.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+module Kernel
+
+  def __method__
+    m = caller(1).first[/`(.*)'/,1]
+    m.to_sym if m
+  end unless (__method__ || true rescue false)
+
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Object.html]
+  def define_singleton_method(*args, &block)
+    class << self
+      self
+    end.send(:define_method, *args, &block)
+  end unless method_defined? :define_singleton_method
+
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Object.html]
+  def instance_exec(*arg, &block)
+    define_singleton_method(:"temporary method for instance_exec", &block)
+    send(:"temporary method for instance_exec", *arg)
+  end unless method_defined? :instance_exec
+
+  # Loop. Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Object.html]
+  unless const_defined? :StopIteration
+    class StopIteration < IndexError; end
+
+    def loop_with_stop_iteration(&block)
+      loop_without_stop_iteration(&block)
+    rescue StopIteration
+      # ignore silently
+    end
+    Backports.alias_method_chain self, :loop, :stop_iteration
+  end
+
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Object.html]
+  def tap
+    yield self
+    self
+  end unless method_defined? :tap
+
+end

data/lib/backports/{method.rb → 1.8.7/method.rb}

@@ -3,45 +3,45 @@ unless Method.method_defined? :name
     attr_accessor :name, :receiver, :owner  
     
     def unbind_with_additional_info
-      returning unbind_without_additional_info do |unbound|
+      unbind_without_additional_info.tap do |unbound|
         unbound.name = name
         unbound.owner = owner
       end
     end
-    alias_method_chain :unbind, :additional_info
+    Backports.alias_method_chain self, :unbind, :additional_info
   end
 
   class UnboundMethod
     attr_accessor :name, :owner
     
     def bind_with_additional_info(to)
-      returning bind_without_additional_info(to) do |bound|
+      bind_without_additional_info(to).tap do |bound|
         bound.name = name
         bound.owner = owner
         bound.receiver = to
       end
     end
-    alias_method_chain :bind, :additional_info
+    Backports.alias_method_chain self, :bind, :additional_info
   end
 
   class Object
     def method_with_additional_info(name)
-      returning method_without_additional_info(name) do |bound|
+      method_without_additional_info(name).tap do |bound|
         bound.name = name.to_sym
         bound.receiver = self
         bound.owner = self.class.ancestors.find{|mod| mod.instance_methods(false).include? name.to_s}
       end
     end
-    alias_method_chain :method, :additional_info
+    Backports.alias_method_chain self, :method, :additional_info
   end
 
   class Module
     def instance_method_with_additional_info(name)
-      returning instance_method_without_additional_info(name) do |unbound|
+      instance_method_without_additional_info(name).tap do |unbound|
         unbound.name = name.to_sym
         unbound.owner = ancestors.find{|mod| mod.instance_methods(false).include? name.to_s}
       end
     end
-    alias_method_chain :instance_method, :additional_info
+    Backports.alias_method_chain self, :instance_method, :additional_info
   end
 end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/module.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class Module
+  # Can't use alias_method here because of jruby (see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-2435 )
+  def module_exec(*arg, &block)
+    instance_exec(*arg, &block)
+  end unless method_defined? :module_exec
+  alias_method :class_exec, :module_exec unless method_defined? :class_exec
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/numeric.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Numeric
+  Backports.make_block_optional self, :step, :test_on => 42, :arg => [100, 6]
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/object_space.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module ObjectSpace
+  class << self
+    Backports.make_block_optional self, :each_object, :test_on => ObjectSpace
+  end
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/range.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Range
+  Backports.make_block_optional self, :each, :test_on => 69..666
+  Backports.make_block_optional self, :step, :test_on => 69..666, :arg => 42
+end

data/lib/backports/{regexp.rb → 1.8.7/regexp.rb}

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 class Regexp
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.8.7/classes/Regexp.html]
   class << self
     unless (union(%w(a b)) rescue false)
       def union_with_array_argument(*arg)
         return union_without_array_argument(*arg) unless arg.size == 1
         union_without_array_argument(*arg.first)
       end
-      alias_method_chain :union, :array_argument
+      Backports.alias_method_chain self, :union, :array_argument
     end
   end
 end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/string.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+class String
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  alias_method :bytesize, :length unless method_defined? :bytesize
+
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  def chr
+    chars.first
+  end unless method_defined? :chr
+
+  Backports.make_block_optional self, :each_byte, :each, :each_line, :test_on => "abc"
+  
+  # gsub: Left alone because of $~, $1, etc... which needs to be "pushed" up one level
+  # It's possible to do so, but gsub is used everywhere so i felt
+  # the performance hit was too big compared to the dubious gain.
+  
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  unless method_defined? :each_char
+    def each_char(&block)
+      return to_enum(:each_char) unless block_given?
+      scan(/./, &block)
+    end 
+
+    alias_method :chars, :each_char unless method_defined? :chars
+  end
+  
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  def end_with?(*suffixes)
+    suffixes.each do |suffix|
+      next unless suffix.respond_to? :to_str
+      suffix = suffix.to_str
+      return true if self[-suffix.length, suffix.length] == suffix
+    end
+    false
+  end unless method_defined? :end_with?
+  
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  unless ("check partition".partition(" ") rescue false)
+    def partition_with_new_meaning(pattern = Backports::Undefined, &block)
+      return partition_without_new_meaning(&block) if pattern == Backports::Undefined
+      pattern = Backports.coerce_to(pattern, String, :to_str) unless pattern.is_a? Regexp      
+      i = index(pattern)
+      return [self, "", ""] unless i
+      if pattern.is_a? Regexp
+        match = Regexp.last_match
+        [match.pre_match, match[0], match.post_match]
+      else
+        last = i+pattern.length
+        [self[0...i], self[i...last], self[last...length]]
+      end
+    end
+    Backports.alias_method_chain self, :partition, :new_meaning
+  end
+
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  def rpartition(pattern)
+    pattern = Backports.coerce_to(pattern, String, :to_str) unless pattern.is_a? Regexp
+    i = rindex(pattern)
+    return ["", "", self] unless i
+    
+    if pattern.is_a? Regexp
+      match = Regexp.last_match
+      [match.pre_match, match[0], match.post_match]
+    else
+      last = i+pattern.length
+      [self[0...i], self[i...last], self[last...length]]
+    end
+  end unless method_defined? :rpartition
+ 
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  def start_with?(*prefixes)
+    prefixes.each do |prefix|
+      next unless prefix.respond_to? :to_str
+      prefix = prefix.to_str
+      return true if self[0, prefix.length] == prefix
+    end
+    false
+  end unless method_defined? :start_with?
+  
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  unless ("abc".upto("def", true) rescue false)
+    def upto_with_exclusive(to, excl=false, &block)
+      return upto_without_exclusive(to, &block) if block_given? && !excl
+      enum = Range.new(self, to, excl).to_enum
+      return enum unless block_given?
+      enum.each(&block)
+      self
+    end
+    Backports.alias_method_chain self, :upto, :exclusive
+  end
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/struct.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Struct
+  Backports.make_block_optional self, :each, :each_pair, :test_on => Struct.new(:foo, :bar)
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7/symbol.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class Symbol
+  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Symbol.html]
+  def to_proc
+    Proc.new { |*args| args.shift.__send__(self, *args) }
+  end unless :to_proc.respond_to?(:to_proc)
+end

data/lib/backports/1.8.7.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/tools")
+%w(module kernel array enumerable enumerator string symbol integer numeric fixnum hash proc binding dir io method regexp struct float object_space argf gc env process).each do |lib|
+  Backports.require_relative "1.8.7/#{lib}"
+end

data/lib/backports/1.9/array.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class Array
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.9. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Array.html]
+  class << self
+    # Try to convert obj into an array, using to_ary method.
+    # Returns converted array or nil if obj cannot be converted
+    # for any reason. This method is to check if an argument is an array.
+    def try_convert(obj)
+      return nil unless obj.respond_to?(:to_ary)
+      Backports.coerce_to(obj, Array, :to_ary)
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/backports/1.9/enumerable.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module Enumerable
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.9. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Enumerable.html]
+  def each_with_object(memo, &block)
+    return to_enum(:each_with_object, memo) unless block_given?
+    each {|obj| block.call(obj, memo)}
+    memo
+  end unless method_defined? :each_with_object
+end

data/lib/backports/1.9/enumerator.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Must be defined outside of Kernel for jruby, see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-3609
+Enumerator = Enumerable::Enumerator unless Kernel.const_defined? :Enumerator # Standard in ruby 1.9
+
+class Enumerator
+  # new with block, standard in Ruby 1.9
+  unless (self.new{} rescue false)
+    def initialize_with_optional_block(*arg, &block)
+      return initialize_without_optional_block(*arg, &nil) unless arg.empty?  # Ruby 1.9 apparently ignores the block if any argument is present
+      initialize_without_optional_block(Backports::Yielder.new(&block))
+    end
+    Backports.alias_method_chain self, :initialize, :optional_block
+  end
+
+  alias_method :with_object, :each_with_object unless method_defined? :with_object
+end

data/lib/backports/1.9/hash.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class Hash
+  # New Ruby 1.8.7+ constructor -- not documented, see redmine # 1385
+  # <tt>Hash[[[:foo, :bar],[:hello, "world"]]] ==> {:foo => :bar, :hello => "world"}</tt>
+  class << self
+    def try_convert(x)
+      return nil unless x.respond_to? :to_hash
+      x.to_hash
+    end unless method_defined? :to_hash
+  end
+  
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.9. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Hash.html]
+  def default_proc=(proc)
+    replace(Hash.new(&Backports.coerce_to(proc, Proc, :to_proc)).merge!(self))
+  end unless method_defined? :default_proc=
+end

data/lib/backports/1.9/integer.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Integer
+  alias_method :magnitude, :abs unless method_defined? :magnitude
+end

data/lib/backports/1.9/kernel.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Kernel
+  alias_method :__callee__, :__method__  unless (__callee__ || true rescue false)
+  
+  def require_relative(relative_feature)
+    file = caller.first.split(/:\d/,2).first
+    if /\A\((.*)\)/ =~ file # eval, etc. 
+      raise LoadError, "require_relative is called in #{$1}" 
+    end 
+    require File.expand_path(relative_feature, File.dirname(file))
+  end
+end

data/lib/backports/1.9/string.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+class String
+  class << self
+    # Standard in Ruby 1.9. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+    def try_convert(x)
+      return nil unless x.respond_do(:to_str)
+      x.to_str
+    end unless method_defined? :try_convert
+  end
+
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.9. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  def ascii_only?
+    !(self =~ /[^\x00-\x7f]/)
+  end unless method_defined? :ascii_only?
+
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  def clear
+    self[0,length] = ""
+    self
+  end unless method_defined? :clear
+
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.9. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  def codepoints
+    return to_enum(:codepoints) unless block_given?
+    each_char.each do |s|
+      utf8 = s.each_byte.to_a
+      utf8[0] &= 0xff >> utf8.size # clear high bits (1 to 4, depending of number of bytes used)
+      yield utf8.inject{|result, b| (result << 6) + (b & 0x3f) }
+    end
+  end unless method_defined? :codepoints
+  
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.9. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  alias_method :each_codepoint, :codepoints unless method_defined? :each_codepoint
+
+  # Standard in Ruby 1.9. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/String.html]
+  def getbyte(i)
+    self[i]
+  end unless method_defined? :getbyte
+  
+end

data/lib/backports/{symbol.rb → 1.9/symbol.rb}

@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 class Symbol
-  # Standard in ruby 1.8.7+. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Symbol.html]
-  def to_proc
-    Proc.new { |*args| args.shift.__send__(self, *args) }
-  end unless :to_proc.respond_to?(:to_proc)
-  
   # Standard in ruby 1.9. See official documentation[http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Symbol.html]
   [ [%w(capitalize downcase next succ swapcase upcase), {:after => ".to_sym"}],
     [%w(=~ [] empty? length match size), {}]
@@ -34,4 +29,4 @@ class Symbol
     alias_method :==,  :dont_override_equal_please
   end
     
-end
+end

data/lib/backports/1.9.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/tools")
+Backports.require_relative "1.8.7"
+%w(array enumerable enumerator hash integer kernel string symbol).each do |lib|
+  Backports.require_relative "1.9/#{lib}"
+end

data/lib/backports/rails/array.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class Array
+  # See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/Array/ExtractOptions.html]
+  def extract_options!
+    last.is_a?(::Hash) ? pop : {}
+  end unless method_defined? :extract_options!
+end

data/lib/backports/rails/enumerable.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module Enumerable
+  # Standard in rails... See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Enumerable.html]
+  # Modified from rails 2.3 to not rely on size
+  def sum(identity = 0, &block)
+    if block_given?
+      map(&block).sum(identity)
+    else
+      inject { |sum, element| sum + element } || identity
+    end
+  end unless method_defined? :sum
+
+end

data/lib/backports/rails/hash.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+class Hash
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/Hash/Keys.html]
+  def reverse_merge(other_hash)
+    other_hash.merge(self)
+  end
+
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/Hash/Keys.html]
+  def reverse_merge!(other_hash)
+    replace(reverse_merge(other_hash))
+  end
+
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/Hash/Keys.html]
+  def symbolize_keys
+    Hash[map{|key,value| [(key.to_sym rescue key) || key, value] }]
+  end unless method_defined? :symbolize_keys
+
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/Hash/Keys.html]
+  def symbolize_keys!
+    self.replace(self.symbolize_keys)
+  end unless method_defined? :symbolize_keys!
+
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/Hash/Keys.html]
+  def stringify_keys
+    Hash[map{|key,value| [key.to_s, value] }]
+  end unless method_defined? :stringify_keys
+
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/Hash/Keys.html]
+  def stringify_keys!
+    self.replace(self.stringify_keys)
+  end unless method_defined? :stringify_keys!
+end

data/lib/backports/rails/kernel.rb

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+module Kernel
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Object.html]
+  def try(method_id, *args, &block)
+    send(method_id, *args, &block) unless self.nil?
+  end unless method_defined? :try
+
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Object.html]
+  def returning(obj)
+    yield obj
+    obj
+  end unless method_defined? :returning
+end

data/lib/backports/rails/module.rb

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+class Module
+  # Standard in rails... See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/Module.html]
+  def alias_method_chain(target, feature)
+    Backports.alias_method_chain(self, target, feature)
+  end unless method_defined? :alias_method_chain
+end

data/lib/backports/rails/string.rb

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+class String
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/String/Inflections.html]
+  def camelize(first_letter = :upper) 
+    if first_letter == :upper
+      gsub(/\/(.?)/) { "::#{$1.upcase}" }.gsub(/(?:^|_)(.)/) { $1.upcase }
+    else
+      first.downcase + camelize[1..-1]
+    end
+  end unless method_defined? :camelize
+
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/String/Inflections.html]
+  def constantize
+    names = split('::')
+    names.shift if names.empty? || names.first.empty?
+  
+    constant = Object
+    names.each do |name|
+      constant = constant.const_defined?(name) ? constant.const_get(name) : constant.const_missing(name)
+    end
+    constant
+  end unless method_defined? :constantize
+  
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/String/Inflections.html]
+  def dasherize
+    gsub(/_/, '-')
+  end unless method_defined? :dasherize
+  
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/String/Inflections.html]
+  def demodulize
+    gsub(/^.*::/, '')
+  end unless method_defined? :demodulize
+
+  # Standard in rails. See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/String/Inflections.html]
+  def underscore
+    gsub(/::/, '/').
+      gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2').
+      gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').
+      tr("-", "_").
+      downcase
+  end unless method_defined? :underscore
+  
+end

data/lib/backports/rails.rb

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+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/tools")
+%w(array enumerable hash kernel module string).each do |lib|
+  Backports.require_relative "rails/#{lib}"
+end