From: Charles Oliver Nutter <headius@...>
Date: 2009-11-03T07:44:38+09:00
Subject: Re: StringIO and reopen

StringIO is not actually an IO object; it just mimics one. Unless
reopen worked with non-descriptor IO-like objects (as in JRuby), it
would not be possible to IO#reopen against a StringIO.

On Monday, November 2, 2009, Hal Fulton <rubyhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've noticed (via  my friend Taylor Carpenter) that IO#reopen
> doesn't work for a StringIO object.
>
> Should it?
>
> I haven't dug into the source yet, but my guess is that it would
> be easy to implement...
>
>
> Hal Fulton
>