From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...>
Date: 2015-06-05T22:42:45+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:69471] Re: [Ruby trunk - Feature #11227] [Open] May it be possible to add some symbols to IO.new() ?

shevegen@gmail.com wrote:
> IO.new() wants a number.
> 
>     io = IO.new(1)
> 
> Would it be possible or desirable to also allow symbols?
> 
> Such as:
> 
>     io = IO.new(:stdout)
> 
> The :stdout seems to make it slightly easier for me 
> to remember which of the variants (0,1,2) is which
> (stdin, stdout, stderr).

I don't see the point.

Why not use existing STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR (or $stdin, $stdout, $stderr)?
No need to allocate new IO objects.