From: Xeno Campanoli <xeno.campanoli@...>
Date: 2010-01-07T09:33:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Is File.open deprecated?

Xeno Campanoli wrote:
> I don't see it mentioned in the File chapter of the latest Pickaxe 
> book?  Is this just a mistake?  I would think it would be mentioned as 
> deprecated otherwise...???  Apparently I use File.new instead, but it 
> seems like File.open is worth leaving around...?
It looks like the answer of my question is on page 162.  Apparently it still is 
in use as a regular class method, and works a little differently from "new", and 
just got left out of the main "File" method definitions.

I am interested in any further comments on this that can reaffirm my sanity in 
this matter.

xc

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