From: Lex Williams <etaern@...>
Date: 2008-08-22T00:52:32+09:00
Subject: Re: possible simple marshall error

Michael Libby wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Lex Williams <etaern@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I recently tried to learn to use Marshal with a simple script , but I
>> keep getting the following exception : x.rb:6:in `load': marshal data
>> too short (ArgumentError)
>>
>> This is the script :
>>
>> hsh = {:first => [1,2,3],:second => [4,5,6] }
>>
>> File.open("saved.m","w").puts(Marshal.dump(hsh))
> 
> This line is actually the problem from what I can tell.
> 
> Try instead:
> 
> File.open("saved.m", "w"){|f| f.puts(Marshal.dump(hsh)) }
>

Thanks Michael , that was the problem indeed . But , what is the 
difference between those two language constructs ?
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