From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-09-22T21:30:52+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21527] Re: ARGF question

>>>>> "M" == Mark Slagell <ms@iastate.edu> writes:

M> Does ARGF read all input at once (i.e., is it unsafe with very large 
M> input files)?

 Probably I've not understood your question, but it depend of the method
 used. 

 If you use #readlines, it will create an array.

 This is not the case for #each, #readline, #gets, ... where only one line
 is read each time the method is called.


Guy Decoux