From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-01-08T02:35:14+09:00
Subject: Re: What does "w+" mean in IO.open ?

On 01/07/2010 03:41 PM, Iņaki Baz Castillo wrote:
> Hi, the rdoc says that "w+" means:
> 
>   "w+":  Read-write, truncates existing file to zero length or creates a
>          new file for reading and writing.
> 
> however in a post I've read:
> 
>   output = open("my_pipe", "w+") # the w+ means we don't block
> 
> Is it true? AFAIK it's not correct as you open a IO and later use bocking or 
> non-blocking methods. Do I miss something?

No. RI is RIght. ;-)

Kind regards

	robert

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