From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-08-27T06:52:25+09:00
Subject: Re: stringio as file

On 8/26/05, Brian Mitchell <binary42@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/26/05, Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/26/05, Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 8/26/05, Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > StringIO can be used as a standin for a File object when testing, right?
> > > >
> > > > require 'stringio'
> > > >
> > > > def expects_file file
> > > >   file.open
> > > >   puts file.gets
> > > > end
> > > >
> > > > s = StringIO.new "Hello World\nHow are you?"
> > > > expects_file s
> > > >
> > > > What don't I understand here?
> > >
> > > Ah, nevermind.  I forgot File.open is a class method.
> >
> > This still confuses me though:
> >
> > require 'stringio'
> >
> > a = StringIO.new
> > a << "Hello\n"
> > a << "World"
> >
> 
>  try something along the lines of:
> a.rewind

Doh, that clears it up.  Thanks!