From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2007-01-31T08:06:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Net::HTTP Closes STDIN


On Jan 30, 2007, at 5:35 PM, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 gwtmp01@mac.com wrote:
>> Here is a simpler example that illustrates the issue:
>>
>>  Thread.new { }
>>  p $stdin.eof?
>
> sounds quite reasonable.  however, on my box:
>
>   harp:~ > cat a.rb
>   Thread.new { }
>   p $stdin.eof?
>
>   harp:~ > ruby a.rb  # and then type ctrl-d
>   true
>
>   harp:~ > ruby -v
>   ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-01) [i686-linux]
>
>   harp:~ > uname -srm
>   Linux 2.4.21-47.0.1.EL i686
>
> so looks to be a bsd/mac issue?

My post was based on ruby 1.8.5 on Darwin 8.8.0 Power Macintosh

The anomaly does not occur with ruby-1.9 on the same OS/hardware.

Gary Wright