From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-11-28T21:14:02+09:00
Subject: Re: IO.expect: where can I find documentation??


On Nov 27, 2007, at 9:30 PM, Dan Caugherty wrote:

> Hey all --
>
> Can anyone point me to the documentation (or the source!) that defines
> the IO.expect method (parameters, return values, etc.)?
> I can't seem to find it anywhere.
>
> Also, I'm interested in extending this routine to use Floats (not just
> Fixnums) as timeout values (for a granularity of, say, 50
> milliseconds).
>
> Thanks,
> -- Dan C.
>

Dan,
Where are you finding IO.expect  ??
My Ruby (1.8) doesn't seem to have it. ri tells me nothing.
Creating an IO object:
i = IO.new 2
( the handle for stderr )
Then doing:
i.methods.sort
Returns no method expect. Are you using some library that extends the  
IO class?