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new(sources = nil) public

Creates a new SpecFetcher. Ordinarily you want to use the default fetcher from Gem::SpecFetcher::fetcher which uses the Gem.sources.

If you need to retrieve specifications from a different source, you can send it as an argument.

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# File lib/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb, line 57
  def initialize sources = nil
    @sources = sources || Gem.sources

    @update_cache =
      begin
        File.stat(Gem.user_home).uid == Process.uid
      rescue Errno::EACCES, Errno::ENOENT
        false
      end

    @specs = {}
    @latest_specs = {}
    @prerelease_specs = {}

    @caches = {
      :latest => @latest_specs,
      :prerelease => @prerelease_specs,
      :released => @specs,
    }

    @fetcher = Gem::RemoteFetcher.fetcher
  end

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