From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-01-30T20:04:14+09:00
Subject: Re: popen3 and buffering

>>>>> "P" == Paul Brannan <paul@atdesk.com> writes:

P>     rb_eval_string(
P>         "class IO\n"
P>         "  PIPE_BUFFERS = Hash.new\n"
P>         "  def self.pipe_buffer_finalizer(buf)\n"
P>         "    PIPE_BUFFERS[buf] = true\n"
P>         "    return proc { PIPE_BUFFERS.delete(buf) }\n"
P>         "  end\n"
P>         "  def setvbuf(mode, buf=nil)\n"
P>         "    if buf then\n"
P>         "      ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, IO.pipe_buffer_finalizer(buf))\n"
P>         "    end\n"
P>         "    c_setvbuf(mode, buf)\n"
P>         "  end\n"

 What I've not understood is why you want to use a constant (PIPE_BUFFERS)
 rather than an instance variable ?


Guy Decoux