From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-07-01T00:09:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Reading String Data as a File

2010/6/30 Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com>:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>> At least one can use Tempfile for this, e.g.
>>
>> Tempfile "prefix", "/tmp" do |io|
>>   io.write everything
>>
>>   io.seek 0
>>   whatever_load_routine io
>> end
>
> or rather:
>
> Tempfile.open "prefix", "/tmp" do |io|
>  io.write everything
>  io.flush

I'd rather io.close instead of io.flush to release resources as soon
as possible.

>  whatever_load_routine io.path
> end

Ooops!  Yes, of course.  I copied the wrong example.  Sorry for my confusion.

Cheers

robert

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