From: Benjohn Barnes <benjohn@...>
Date: 2007-04-16T05:27:24+09:00
Subject: Re: translate Perl diamond operator to Ruby


On 15 Apr 2007, at 19:40, Ken Bloom wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:06:58 +0900, Chad Perrin wrote:
>
>> Over the years, I've found the following to be an excellent way to  
>> whip
>> up quick, very useful Perl scripts:
>>
>>   #!/usr/bin/perl
>>
>>   while(<>) {
>>     # do stuff . . .
>>   }
>>
>> Is there an equivalent idiom in Ruby?  So far as I'm aware,  
>> there's no
>> catch-all diamond operator in Ruby that allows one to create a  
>> default
>> input behavior for a script that accepts either a filename or piped
>> output of another command the way this works in Perl.  I certainly  
>> hope
>> there's an equivalent, though.
>
> ARGF.each do |line|
>   # do stuff
> end

What _is_ ARGF? I've printed it's class, but apparently it is:

> irb(main):003:0> ARGF.class
> => Object

... an Object.