Defaults to use Ruby’s program prefix and suffix.
True if version satisfies this Requirement.
remove trailing zeros segments before first letter or at the end of the version
returns an integer in (-infty, 0] a number closer to 0 means the dependency is less constraining
dependencies w/ 0 or 1 possibilities (ignoring version requirements) are given very negative values, so they always sort first, before dependencies that are unconstrained
Returns true when it is possible and safe to update the cache directory.
Return the list of all array-oriented instance variables.
Special loader for YAML files. When a Specification object is loaded from a YAML file, it bypasses the normal Ruby object initialization routine (initialize). This method makes up for that and deals with gems of different ages.
input can be anything that YAML.load() accepts: String or IO.
Return the latest specs, optionally including prerelease specs if prerelease is true.
Is name a required attribute?
Required specification attributes
Keeps track of all currently known specifications
Activate all unambiguously resolved runtime dependencies of this spec. Add any ambiguous dependencies to the unresolved list to be resolved later, as needed.
List of dependencies that are used for development
List of dependencies that will automatically be activated at runtime.