From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-09-29T23:21:43+09:00
Subject: Re: slurp a file into an array without newlines

Gavin Kistner wrote:
> On Sep 29, 2005, at 4:01 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:
>> lines = File.readlines('sometextfile').each {|l| l.chomp!}
> 
> The ri docs don't say - does IO::readlines (like IO::read, and unlike
> IO#read or IO#readlines) ensure that the file is closed after
> reading? I assume so, but wanted to be certain.

Yes.  It has to because no IO object is returned.

    robert