From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-02-01T07:24:59+09:00
Subject: Re: memory considerations when parsing XML file

On 31.01.2008 20:56, Mr_Tibs wrote:
> I'm sorry for rushing with the post. I just read that parse_stream
> also takes an IO object, so I don't have to do read on the filename.

:-)

And the idiom should rather read

File.open(filename, 'rb') do |io|
   REXML::Document.parse_stream(io, MyListener.new)
end

i.e. use the block form of File.open.

	robert