From: uncutstone wu <uncutstone@...>
Date: 2006-05-18T04:10:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Capturing stdout

Eric Hodel wrote:
> On May 17, 2006, at 5:26 AM, Mark Volkmann wrote:
>>> $stdout = stdout
>>
>>  # Add a write method to this string object.
>>  def dest.write(data); self << data; end
> 
> How is this better than using StringIO?

IMHO, by using StringIO, you pay for something useless in this case but 
maybe usefule anywhere else. I mean StringIO has many methods(e.g. 
read,close,rewind) besides write , but "def dest.write....." has just 
the function you want. You just pay for what you want. Isn't it better?

Best regards,

uncutstone

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