require 'require_all' # a necessary gem

Thread.abort_on_exception = true # typically you *want* to know when a thread dies unexpectedly.

require 'socket'
BasicSocket.do_not_reverse_lookup = true

# abstracted from require 'facets/file' ===>
class File

  # Writes the given data to the given path and closes the file.  This is
  # done in binary mode, complementing <tt>IO.read</tt> in standard Ruby.
  #
  # Returns the number of bytes written.
  #
  # CREDIT: facets/Gavin Sinclair

  def self.write(path, data)
    File.open(path, "w") do |file|
      return file.write(data)
    end
  end unless self.respond_to?(:write)

  def self.binwrite(path, data)
    File.open(path, "wb") do |file|
      return file.write(data)
    end
  end

end

# more helpers
class Object

  # a helper for collection.include?
  def in? collection
    collection.include?(self)
  end unless respond_to? :in

  # ex: assert(some statement)
  # or
  # assert(some statement, "some helper string")
  def assert(should_be_true, string = nil)
    if(!should_be_true)
      raise "assertion failed #{string}"
    end
  end unless respond_to? :assert

  # helper to bring up a debugger with less writing [just _dbg]
  def _dbg
    require 'rubygems'
    require 'pp' # who would want debug without pp? not I
    begin
      require 'ruby-debug'
      debugger
    rescue LoadError => e
      throw "unable to load ruby-debug gem for _dbg... #{e}"
    end
  end

  # a method that outputs several items on one line
  # similar to Java's println, but it adds spaces between items, ex:
  # sputs 1,2,3
  # => 1 2 3
  def sputs *args
    for arg in args
      out = arg.to_s
      print out
      print " " if out[-1..-1] != " "
    end
    puts
  end

  def aliash hash
    hash.each_pair {|new, old|
      alias_method new, old
    }
  end

  def singleton_class
    class << self; self; end
  end
end

# taken from http://oldrcrs.rubypal.com/rcr/show/309

module Kernel
  BASE_DIR = Dir.getwd
  def __DIR__
    dir = (/^(.+)?:\d+/ =~ caller[0]) ? File.expand_path(File.dirname($1), BASE_DIR) : nil
    dir += '/' if dir
    dir
  end unless defined?(__DIR__)
end

if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9.2'
  $: << '.' # for some reason loading files from the cwd was taken out.  That is not sane.
end