From: Mat Schaffer <schapht@...>
Date: 2006-07-20T21:43:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie - Q: working with files

On Jul 20, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Allison Newman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a function with the following code
>
> def first_parse
>   @in_file.each_line do |line|
>     puts line
>     @line += 1;
>     tokens = line.split
>     handle_command(tokens, line)
>   end
>   puts "End of file reached"
>   @heap.dump(@obj_file)
> end
>
> The problem is that I parse the entire file (@in_file), and my app
> exits, but I never execute the puts "End of file reached".  Anyone  
> have
> any ideas why?

I would wonder if something's happening in handle_command.  Or maybe  
there's an output buffering problem going on.  You could try  
'$stdout.sync = true'.  But this is all just blind guessing.
-Mat