From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-01-30T09:27:05-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01199] Re: Question about 'open'

ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> writes:

> >>>>> "D" == Dave Thomas <Dave@thomases.com> writes:
> 
>  I'm not really sure, but the block is executed in the parent process.

D'accord! But I'm wondering why it is. The semantics of the open have
it returning a result to both the parent and the child. It can't do
that without executing the block, so shouldn't it be running the block 
in both places?

Regards


Dave


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