From: Hunter <walkerhunter@...>
Date: 2006-06-07T11:48:23+09:00
Subject: Re: can I keep re-running the same script?  how?

Jeff Pritchard wrote:
> Not to be contrarian, but pickaxe page 180 says that ARGV[0] is not the 
> name of the program (unlike in C).  There's other stuff I don't get 
> about your snippet as well.
> Why ["ruby" + ARGV]????  Seems like you're using + to add an array to a 
> string?  Can you explain it for us newbies?
> 
> Working from Pickaxe page 180 I would have come up with something like:
> sleep 180                                      # obvious
> pieces = [ruby, $0].concat(ARGV)  # $0 is program name
> exec pieces.join(' ')                        # to string and execute it
> 
> BTW, many rubyist's would, I think, stick the .join(' ') on the end of 
> the array composition, like this:
> exec [ruby, $0].concat(ARGV).join(' ')
> 
> Is there a move away from such Perlish pursuits, or are you still 
> considered a "Sheila" if you split things like this up into more easily 
> understandable pieces?
> 
> thanks,
> jp
> 
> 
> unknown wrote:
>> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Hunter Walker wrote:
>> 
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>> 
>> sleep 180
>> exec ["ruby" + ARGV].join(' ')
>> 
>> -a

I just got an error when I tried the code below:

exec ["ruby" + ARGV].join(' ')

I'll try the code you suggested, JP.  Thanks!

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