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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.729
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.729
+Problem:    Building with Ruby fails on some systems.
+Solution:   Remove "static" and add #ifndef PROTO. (Ken Takata)
+Files:	    src/if_ruby.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.728/src/if_ruby.c	2012-11-20 16:59:09.000000000 +0100
+--- src/if_ruby.c	2012-11-24 13:32:06.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 335,346 ****
+  static void* (*ruby_process_options)(int, char**);
+  #endif
+  
+! #ifdef RUBY19_OR_LATER
+! static SIGNED_VALUE rb_num2long_stub(VALUE x)
+  {
+      return dll_rb_num2long(x);
+  }
+! static VALUE rb_int2big_stub(SIGNED_VALUE x)
+  {
+      return dll_rb_int2big(x);
+  }
+--- 335,346 ----
+  static void* (*ruby_process_options)(int, char**);
+  #endif
+  
+! #if defined(RUBY19_OR_LATER) && !defined(PROTO)
+! SIGNED_VALUE rb_num2long_stub(VALUE x)
+  {
+      return dll_rb_num2long(x);
+  }
+! VALUE rb_int2big_stub(SIGNED_VALUE x)
+  {
+      return dll_rb_int2big(x);
+  }
+*** ../vim-7.3.728/src/version.c	2012-11-23 21:54:43.000000000 +0100
+--- src/version.c	2012-11-24 13:34:20.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 727,728 ****
+--- 727,730 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     729,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
+64. The remote to the T.V. is missing...and you don't even care.
+
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