From: Florian Gross <flgr@...>
Date: 2005-01-24T04:45:54+09:00
Subject: Re: File.read not documented

cyberco wrote:

>>Look for IO.read
> Thanks, Tim. I now see that the documentation of File includes a line
> saying 'is closely associated with class IO'. Now, I would look at IO
> if File extended it, but that is not the case. What's the bond between
> File and IO?

File inherits from IO:

irb(main):004:0> File.ancestors
=> [File, IO, File::Constants, Enumerable, Object, Kernel]