From: Jim Menard <jimm@...>
Date: 2004-06-10T20:45:45+09:00
Subject: Re: ri IO -> RuntimeError

Dave Thomas writes:
> 
> On Jun 9, 2004, at 16:13, Stephan K�mper wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just noticed that ri fires a RuntimeError when called with
> > IO
> >
> ...
> 
> > This happens on Win98 as well as XP running the 1-click-installer 
> > version 1.8.1-13.
> >
> > Has anybody else experienced this behaviour?
> 
> Strange - I don't have a Window's box with ri installed, but I don't 
> see the behavior here under OSX or Linux. Is it possible you have an 
> old version lying around somewhere? Does anyone else see this?

<aol>
Me, too. XP Pro, standard ruby 1.8.1 installation. If it matters, I ran ri
under both a DOS command line window and a Cygwin window.
</aol>

Jim
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Turing machine. I have a less abstract but more practical motto: If you can 
do it on Intel, you can do it damn near anywhere!" -- Eugene O'Neil