From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-12-12T01:14:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Redirecting standard output

2009/12/11 Robert Gleeson <rob@flowof.info>:

>>> persist.
>> And exactly that is a problem: redirection does not take place for
>> whoever owns foo => it failed.
>
> "whoever owns foo => it failed?" ..? I don't see any difference between
> assigning $stdout and using $stdout.reopen in this case.
>
> foo = $stdout = File.open 'foo', 'w'
> foo = $stdout.reopen 'foo', 'w'

That is not a proper model of the situation.

> They're both references to the same object. Can you elaborate or provide
> an example? Thanks.

Now I'm tired and leave that as exercise for the reader.

Cheers

robert


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