From: skim <skim.la@...>
Date: 2010-07-15T00:56:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Stdout as IO object

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Instead of modifying the global variable $stdout, you could just pass in an
instance of StringIO to your method/class.  I passed in two instances of
StringIO to one of my classes for mocking STDIN and STDOUT.

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 03:10, Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> wrote:

> Jonathan Bale wrote:
> > Okay, real simple question, but somehow I am missing it in the API: how
> > do create an IO object that represents stdout? I'm using a certain
> > function that receives writable IO objects and I wanted to pass in the
> > standard output as a stream.
>
> When your program starts, the constant STDOUT is an open file descriptor
> for STDOUT, and the global variable $stdout also points to it.
>
> Using the global variable is the recommended approach, as it adds more
> flexibility for pointing it to a different object like a StringIO
> without having warnings about constants being redefined.
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