From: kwatch@... (kwatch)
Date: 2002-05-09T22:20:17+09:00
Subject: Re: gets and eof?

I tried.  The following is the result:

   .============================ prog1.rb ==
    loop do
        break if $stdin.eof?
        line = $stdin.gets
        puts "<-- #{line}"
    end
   .========================================

   .============================ prog2.rb ==
    loop do
        line = $stdin.gets
        break if $stdin.eof?
        puts "<-- #{line}"
    end
   .========================================
    
   .----------------------------------------
    % ruby prog1.rb
    hoge
    <-- hoge			# OK
    geji
    <-- geji			# OK
    ^D
    %
    % ruby prog2.rb
    hoge
    geji
    <-- hoge			# why?
    bake
    <-- geji			# why?
    ^D
    %
   .----------------------------------------


It's mystery...

Regards,
kwatch


Paul Brannan <pbrannan@atdesk.com> wrote in message news:<20020508144224.U21767@atdesk.com>...
> I have a program that reads input from a socket and displays output on
> the terminal.  It exits on end of file.  The loop looks something like:
> 
>   loop do
>     break if $stdin.eof?
>     line = $stdin.gets
>     puts "<-- #{line}"
>   end
> 
> However, when I first wrote it, I instead wrote:
> 
>   loop do
>     line = $stdin.gets
>     break if $stdin.eof?
>     puts "<-- #{line}"
>   end
> 
> The first case works correctly.  The second case does not; when I type a
> line, it doesn't show up until the second line is typed.  This happens
> whether I am using $stdin or whether I am using a socket (returned by
> TCPServer#accept).  Why does this happen in the second case?
> 
> Paul