From: Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2006-09-28T07:31:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Idiomatic file snarf

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On 2006.09.28 07:02, Tim Bray wrote:
> I want to open a file, suck the contexts into a variable and close it =20
> again.  I suppose I could IO#each and glue the lines together.

The 'correct' way is:

  text =3D File.read file_name
 =20
> Currently I have
>=20
>       f =3D File.new(fname)
>       text =3D f.read
>       f.close

A better way for the above is this:

  text =3D File.open(file_name) {|f| f.read}

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