From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-09-05T22:25:05+09:00
Subject: Re: End of file error when trying to Marshal.load

On 05.09.2009 14:35, Vahagn Hayrapetyan wrote:
> @Robert:
> 
> Ah! "While not closing a read only file usually does not have dramatic 
> consequences, not closing a file opened for writing likely has dramatic 
> consequences."
> 
> The working method:
> 
> def marshalKlass
>   o = Klass.new("hello\n")
>   print o.sayHello
>   dumped = File.open("output.txt", "w")
>   Marshal.dump(o, dumped)
>   dumped.close
>   data = File.open("output.txt", "r")
>   obj = Marshal.load(data)
>   data.close
>   print obj.sayHello
> end

This is better but my point in the blog article was a different one: 
use the block form of File.open because it is more robust.

Cheers

	robert

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