From: Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@...>
Date: 2006-07-07T04:55:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby plugin in EasyEclipse

On 7/6/06, Damaris Fuentes <dfl_maradentro@yahoo.es> wrote:
> Well... now I have another problem...
>
> I write:
>
> ********************
> def wipe_mutterings_from( sentence )
>     unless sentence.respond_to? :include?
>       raise ArgumentError, "cannot wipe mutterings from a #{
> sentence.class }"
>     end
>     while sentence.include? '('
>         open = sentence.index( '(' )
>         close = sentence.index( ')', open )
>         sentence[open..close] = '' if close
>     end
> end
>
> $stdout.sync = true
> what_he_said = "But, strangely (em-pithy-dah),I learned upon."
> wipe_mutterings_from( what_he_said )
> print what_he_said
>
> wipe_mutterings_from( 123 )
> print what_he_said
> *****************
> Theoretically, the console has to show the "what he said" sentence and
> then the error... However, it occurs the other way round, even with the
> $stdout set to true. Suggestions will be welcome :D

It may be that errors are being sent out of stderr instead of stdout.
In that case you'd also need:

$stderr.sync = true

You can find a list of these global ($) variables here:
http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/QuickRef.html


Les