From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2003-07-20T03:06:13+09:00
Subject: Re: [Patch] FTP.new with block

Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, ts wrote:
> 
>>>>>>>"G" == Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> writes:
>>
>>G> FTP.new and FTP.open are like their File counterparts: they accept a
>>G> block, pass in the ftp object, and ensure the FTP connection is closed
>>G> at the end of (or premature exit from) the block.
>> Why all persons think that File::new can take a block ?
> 
> 
> That's psychological: when people have a lot of things to learn, they
> (carefully or not) forget the pieces that they can reinvent on the fly.


Perhaps it's an argument for having File.new take a block too...