From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2004-05-21T07:19:25+09:00
Subject: Re: [rcr] make File#dup intuitive

daz wrote:
> Simon Strandgaard wrote:
> >
> > position is not copied.. try this example for yourself
> >
> > f1 = File.open(__FILE__, 'r')
> > f1.seek(5)
> > p f1.pos  # -> 5
> > f2 = f1.dup
> > p f2.pos  # -> garbage
> >
> > server> ruby a.rb
> > 5
> > 93
> > server>
> >
> > This is really non-intuitive that you have to do
> > a seek afterwards. Its the same as if you clone a string,
> > but have to copy the string-content yourself.
> > Where is logic here?
> >
> 
> Works here.
> # ruby 1.9.0 (2004-04-27) [i586-bccwin32]
> # ruby 1.8.0 (2003-05-15) [i386-mswin32]
> # ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [i586-mswin32]
> 
> mainframe_19(north_garage)> ruby pos.rb
> 5
> 5
> mainframe_19(north_garage)>


Hmm.. this begins to look like a freebsd specific problem. 

server> ruby -v a.rb 
ruby 1.9.0 (2004-05-17) [i386-freebsd5.1]
5
93
server> ruby18 -v a.rb
ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-22) [i386-freebsd5.1]
5
93
server>

-- 
Simon Strandgaard