From: Minero Aoki <aamine@...>
Date: 2001-08-09T22:08:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19426] Re: PATCH: fixed bug in "waitfor" in net/telnet.rb

Hi Tobias,

  In mail "[ruby-talk:19423] Re: PATCH: fixed bug in "waitfor" in net/telnet.rb"
    Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com> wrote:

> ruby -rsocket -e 'TCPSocket.open(nil,80)'

> -e:1:in 'open': wrong argument type nil (expected String) (TypeError)
>        from -e:1

Hmmm... still I do not sure why your script hang.
Is there some server on port 80 (and it's not web server)?


> But: If I'm downloading from the web, and a nil domain slips in, I don't
> want to connect to localhost. If I want to connect to localhost, I write
> 'localhost'. Also: if there's no localhost, I would like to get a nice
> error message.

agreed. I must change it.


Minero Aoki