LATEST in facets-1.8.54

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 Hi--
 
 Wooh! It's been a long time since the last release of Facets. Too long in fact
---the tiny version made it all the way up 180 before I tagged it 1.8!
-Facets continues to mature: new methods have been added a couple classes.
-As always thaks to everyone hwo has contributed (knowingly and unknowingly).
+1.7's tiny made it all the way up to 191 before I tagged it 1.8! Facets continues
+to mature: new methods have been added, as well as a few classes. As always thanks
+to everyone who has contributed, both directly and indirectly.
 
-Here's the change log summary.
+Here's a summary of the change log.
 
- 1.8
+  * significant improvements to command.rb thanks to Tyler Rick
+  * added tests to elementwise and tap
+  * fixed test for elementwise and op_tilde_self
+  * added enumerable/map_send
+  * added thread_map and thread_map_send thanks to greg
+  * added operator "~@" for enumerable/elementwise
+  * added more/consoleutils.rb
+  * added string/cleave
+  * added capitalize_all thanks to Richard Laugesen
+  * cartesian_product is an alias of enumerable/cart
+  * added array pad thanks to Richard Laugesen
+  * added kernel/tap
+  * converted facet/ requires to facets/core or facets/more as needed
+  * further improvements to arguments.rb (looking good!)
+  * improved symbol/self/generate
+  * bug fix kernel/autoreload arguments needed to be in opposite order
+  * add to_xoxo
+  * removed bad character codes in multiplier.rb
+  * used yaml to allow json.rb to work for all objects in general
+  * improvements to functor (note: is to_a and to_proc okay?)
+  * add test to string/bytes.rb
+  * bug fix to nilclass/op_cmp
+  * fixed enumerable/op_pow to use enumerable/cart
+  * added array/op_div
+  * adjustments to xmlbuilder and htmlbuilder dur to buildingblock changes
+  * improved buildingblock.rb
+  * simplified interface of arguments.rb (still a little more to do)
+  * improvements/simplifications to Dir.multiglob
+  * fixed misspelling of behavior.rb (was bahvior.rb)
+  * removed #own from base list in facets.rb (really need a standard for "singleton class")
+  * fixed bug in aspects.rb that would not handle args of wrapped method
+  * Symbol#to_s optimization, had to remove freeze
+  * updates to fileutils/stage (stage worth keeping?)
+  * fix bug in kernel/ask, returns more than one character
+  * cleanup of enumerbale/graph (no effective change)
+  * new super fast enumerable/cart by Thomas Hafner (replaces #cross)
+  * improved multiglob rountines (accept '+' and '-' prefixes)
+  * fixed bug in attr_tester, thanks Dov!
+  * added weekdays to times.rb thanks to Ryan Platte and Dave Hoover
+  * improvements to dictionary.rb (no longer a subclass of Hash) thanks Jan!
+  * improvements to ann.rb and ann_attr.rb. works, yea!
+  * fixed bug in string/singular.rb
+  * changed enumerable/cross into enumerable/cart and cartesian_product
+  * moved enumerable/cross to enumerable/cart (cartesian_product)
   * added buildingblock.rb, replaced builderobject.rb
   * adjust require for "yored" files
-  * HtmlBuilder and XMLBuilder aer now based on BuildingBlock
-  * bug fix for command.rb
-  * minor improvements to basic object (object_self to access kernel methods)
+  * HtmlBuilder and XMLBuilder are now based on BuildingBlock
   * ostuct adjustment, use #instance_delegate to get underneth the open access
   * module/include_as is now based on module/namespace (thanks Pit!)
-  * minor adjustments to methods for (class<<self;self;end)
   * fixed enumerable/partition_by
   * further updates to project info file (need to stop versioning this)
   * deprecated (yored) builderobject.rb (poor implementation)
   * added hash/insert; like store but only if key isn't already present
   * added module/include_and_extend
   * facets.rb now references facets/sys.rb
   * added facets/automatic -- very cool, albiet expiremental way to load core methods automatically!
-  * added File::mulitglob_sum; accumulates file patterns, and accepts '+' and '-' prefixes
   * added module/module_method; like module_function but makes method public
   * added module/include_function_module; attempts to properly include one function_module into another
   * kernel/yaml convenience method for YAML::load
   * added kernel/supress; supress errors while executing a block (nice DHH!)
   * added symbol/chomp, like string#chomp
   * added proc/to_h; converts an assignment proc into a hash
-  * added proc/bind; bind a proc to an object, returning a method
+  * proc/bind; bind a proc to an object, returning a method
   * added module/prepend; provides dyanamic method wraps for modules, and static wraps for classes
   * added module/new; use a module as if it were a class
   * added module/alias_accessor
   * renamed #superior to #super_at
-  * added kernel/instance_class; yet another meta_class name, but a more sensable name this one
+  * kernel/instance_class; yet anouther meta_class name, but a more sensicle name this one
   * added kernel/populate; populates an object's inst. vars from a hash or assingment block
-  * added kernel/daemonize; one last thanks to DHH!
+  * added kernel/daemonize; yet another thanks to DHH!
   * added enumerable/injecting; like inject but automatically returns the memo from the block
   * added kernel/object_send, a true public-only send method
   * added kernel/silence_stream; output to null device; thanks DHH!
   * added kernel/instance_values, thanks DHH!
-  * added Config:inspect for rbconfig
+  * added Config::inspect for rbconfig
   * added hash/pairs_at (aking to values_at)
   * added _why's metaid methods (meta_class, meta_eval, etc.)
   * added kernel/enable_warnings to complement silence_warinings
   * added integer/to_roman
   * added logical operators for hash (and/or)
-  * added array/to_path convert and array to a path string
-  * added array/index to take a block
+  * array/to_path convert ans array to a path string
+  * array/index takes a block
   * added fileutils/compress; very simple convenience methods for archiving folders
   * added fileutils/stage adn staged, a means of transfering files accoring to preset rules
   * had to remove taskable.rb for now (implementation won't work as toplevel include)
-  * added kernel/ask, simple command to get console input
+  * added kernel/ask, simply command to get console input
   * moved deprecated #facet_require to yore lib
   * deprecated (yored) kernel/own, yet another term for the singleton class
   * renamed quaclass to qua_class
   * added populate.rb, mixin for classes that need on a basic initializer
   * added version_number.rb (a specialized tuple)
-  * OpenObject = OpenHash (OpenObject will eventually be deprecated) !!!
   * added uploadutils.rb
   * added Joel VanderWerf's great script.rb script
-  * added Austin's minitar.rb --it's just too damn useful!
+  * added Austin's minitar.rb --it's just too damn useful! (not in rdocs though)
   * added htmlfilter.rb very nice html escape class
-  * added dependency.rb, allows method to have dependend execution (like rake tasks)
+  * added dependency.rb, allows methods to have dependent execution (like rake tasks)
   * added arguments.rb this is for parsing console command arguments
   * add new version of annotations: ann.rb and ann_attr.rb
   * memoize should now work at toplevel
   * removed dataobject.rb (was never used)
-  * minor doc change to instance_intercept.rb
   * doc change to methodfilter.rb (maybe deprecat in future)
   * deprecated (yored!) module/inject; what a silly method
   * added File::yaml? to roughly detect if a file is a yaml file
   * deprecated kernel/require_facet (no longer needed)
   * moved old module/namespace implementation to yore
-  * adjust old annotation.rb (now in yore) to use openhash
   * moved plugin.rb to ratchets/library project
-  * renamed openobject to openhash !!!
   * proper credit for multiton goes to Ara T. Howard!!!! Also improvements.
   * remove library.rb (move to ratchets/library project)
-  * minor bug fix to httpaccess
-  * updated autovivify.rb to use openhash
-  * improvement to command.rb
-  * imporved time/stamp
+  * improved time/stamp
   * reimplemented proc/to_method for more sensible behavior
   * reimplemented module/namespace, very clever thanks to pit captain
   * added module_load and module_require, e.g. load into and require into
   * reimplemented instance_exec, should be much improved
   * doc updates to inflect.rb
   * updates to Hash op_add, reverse_merge, and rekey
   * each_slice is now just an alias via enumerator & fixes to partition_by
-  * minor adjusment to multiglob
   * modified all.rb (not recommended!) to require facets/sys
   * modifications to project information file (should this be versioned?)
   * created yore lib to store deprecated features (good idea!)
   * modified PROJECT info file
   * added module class/module_load and _require
   * remove facet/ redirect lib from darcs repository
-  * OpenObject is now OpenHash (OpenObject still exist for backcompat)
   * kernel/returning is a stub for kernel/with
   * added proc/update as alias for #call per Tim Pease use of Proc as Observable
   * added behavior.rb by Nobuyoshi Nakada (plan to improve)
   * rewrote taskable.rb using classes to represent tasks; it is much improved
   * openobject.rb doc updates
@@ -112,66 +141,55 @@
   * deprecated ostruct shadow methods (i.e __table__) in favor of #instance methods
   * added test to module/alias_method_chain
   * imporvements to instance_exec thanks to Mauricio Fernandez
   * improvements to kernel/send_as
   * improvements to kernel/as
-  * minor doc addition to kernel/as
   * fixed syntax in hash/op_add.rb
   * imporvements to hash/partition_by thanks to Gregory of Laurel
   * added Mauricio Fernandez to authors
   * added addtional work library lore
-  * moved "calibre" project information files
   * moved a number of "in the works" libs to ToadCode project
   * removed predicate.rb, an expiremental logic system, and moved to ToadCode
   * Added plugin.rb, an indirect require mechinism, ie. a plugin system
   * remove one.rb and moved to ToadCode project, this was just silly/fun library
   * Added library.rb which is a library ledger system (used to be roll.rb)
   * added kernel/with which instance_eval's a block on with's subject
   * rekey is an improved version of normalize_keys (ie. the basis of symbolize_keys)
   * multiglob is like glob but handles a list of patterns
   * proper access to openstruct's underlying table
-  * minor adjustment to taskable.rb
-  * minor adjustment to #dresner docs
-  * minor adjustment to #as
-  * simple doc addition to setup.rb
   * doc fixes and losening toplevel constraint to Object in taskable
   * made OpenObject #update and #merge public; added to_hash
-  * minor "public" fix to main_as_object
   * removed unorder_store and store_only; added first/last to dictionary
   * continued improvements to command.rb
     added some new callbacks such as option_missing;
     also handles method_missing properly now
-  * minor adjustments to module::@+
   * added string/rewrite
   * test fixes to module/include_as
   * documentation fix for class_extension
   * minor edit to supermethod (also finish #superior removal)
   * cleanup kernel/set_with code
   * update kernel/metaclass can now take a block
   * added hash#+ and hash#- (op_add and op_sub)
   * added cache to enumerable/every
-  * minor updates to facets.rb
   * removed kernel/superior (silly name)
-  * minor modifications ot PROJECT file
-  * [add] more/autovivify.rb expiremental lib.
-  * [update] Minor fix to command.rb to not use Kernel methods as subcommands.
-  * [update] Work on annotation.rb to improve support for :self.
-  * [deprecate] enumerable/permute.rb (replaced by permutation) and minor test fix to linkedlist.rb
-  * [added] linkedlist.rb (thanks Kirk Haines!)
-  * [added] enumerable/sum (thanks to Gavin Kistner)
-  * [added] array/each_combo and combos (Eunumerable.combinations will be deprecated eventually)
-  * [rename] changed enumerable/permute to permutation
-  * [update] annotation.rb, fixed :self key
-  * [added] pathname/op_div
-  * [deprecated] hash/each.rb
-  * [removed] hash/each.rb, this variation of Hash#each is too "dangerous" in practice
-  * [update] module/self/op_add.rb: fixed inclusion order
-  * annotation.rb, return annotations of self when key is :self [updated]
-  * module/self/op_add.rb and op_sub.rb - traits like features [added]
+  * add more/autovivify.rb expiremental lib.
+  * update/fix to command.rb to not use Kernel methods as subcommands.
+  * update Work on annotation.rb to improve support for :self.
+  * deprecate enumerable/permute.rb (replaced by permutation) and minor test fix to linkedlist.rb
+  * added linkedlist.rb (thanks Kirk Haines!)
+  * added enumerable/sum (thanks to Gavin Kistner)
+  * added array/each_combo and combos (Eunumerable.combinations will be deprecated eventually)
+  * rename changed enumerable/permute to permutation
+  * update annotation.rb, fixed :self key
+  * added pathname/op_div
+  * deprecated hash/each.rb
+  * removed hash/each.rb, this variation of Hash#each is too "dangerous" in practice
+  * update module/self/op_add.rb: fixed inclusion order
+  * deprecated annotation.rb, replaced with ann.rb
+  * added module/self/op_add.rb and op_sub.rb - traits like features
   * minor improvemtns to module/clone_using and integrate
-  * command.rb: minor change to docs [update]
-  * openobject.rb (added NilClass#to_openobject) [update]
+  * openobject.rb (added NilClass#to_openobject)
   * enumerable/each_slice.rb [replace]
     Ruby already has #each_slice if you require 'enumerator'. And for 1.9,
     I believe, this will be present automatically. So Facets' each_slice 
     has been replaced with a simple redirection to require 'enumerator'.
     Ruby's version is slightly different in that it won't check arity if
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   * added filetest/self/root
   * added cache.rb
   * moved Dir.bitbucket to File.bitbucket
   * removed task file in favor of sake based util/
   * added main_as_module
-  * added doublemetaphone (Thanks Lawrence Philps!)
-  * rewrote taskable.rb
-  * minor doc fix to association.rb
+  * added doublemetaphone thanks to Lawrence Philps.
   * added symbol/to_s which caches the result for speed up
   * additions and adjusments related to hash/delete_at
   * added Dir.bitbucket
   * update to array/op_fetch to include op_store
-  * updated docs and util tasks
-  * minor changes
   * added filesystem.rb
-  * taskable should now work at the toplevel too
-  * still working the organization as Reap/Sake change
-  * started setting project tasks up for sake
   * updates to enumerable each_slice
   * updated names of meta files
-  * updates to READMEs
   * added trace to command.rb
-  * organizational changes
- 1.7
-  * fix to inifinty.rb
-  * comment on cut.rb needed a quick fix
-  * updated infinity
-  * added tkxml.rb
-  * allow tasks to to arguments (all dependent tasks must take same args)
-  * update infinity.rb to conform more with common standards
-  * error catch added to command.rb (thanks Jonas)
-  * added singleton annotations
-  * minor improvement to wrap_method and proc/compose
-  * added more/infinity.rb
-  * major improvement to String#singular and plural
-  * update normalize_keys to take a proc instead of a "send" parameter
-  * projectinfo backups change
-  * added cuts implimentation
-  * separated integer/op_mul from compose, op_mul now composes and Integer#of
-  * wrap_method, no need to undef method before redefining it
-  * move calibre files (will we do ever use?) to work/pore/meta
-  * added work dir to repo
-  * fix instance_interception test
-  * doc cleanup
-  * added hash/op_div and array/op_div to BASE.
-  * remove kernel/called and fixed callee,__callee__ and __method__.
-  * just about prefected OpenObject
-  * keys_to_sym to symbolize_keys usage
-  * remove explore dir, perhaps better to do without midstage
-  * added to_a to OpenObject
-  * minor touchup to opencascade
-  