From: Dave Aronson <rubytalk2dave@...>
Date: 2011-12-05T11:27:55+09:00
Subject: Re: 'open().each' doesn't close file

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 08:19, Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Mc Ben <viertelvor12@gmx.net> wrote:
...
>>  open("test.txt","r").each do end  # doesn't close file
>>  FileUtils.rm "test.txt"           # will fail: Permission denied
...
> open will only close if you pass it a block directly.
>
> open('test.txt'){|file| file.each{ ... } }

So just "do end" doesn't count as a block?  Seems (at least to me)
like it should, albeit not usually a very useful one....

-Dave

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