From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2002-06-17T23:09:45+09:00
Subject: Re: File.new('foo', 0600 , 'wb')

Yohanes Santoso wrote:


> Well, you have two conflicting requirements: permission 0600 and
> platform independence. Permission 0600 may produce unexepected
> permission/result in Windows or other non-POSIX OSes, depending on the
> reliability and conformance of the Unix emulation layer on those OSes,
> and File::BINARY is invalid in UNIX.


wb would act like w on Unix, and 0600 on Windows would be ignored if 
there's no emulation layer.


> The code above is as succinct as it can be if you want it to operate
> in both Unix and Windows.


There could be a very simple syntax with sensible default behaviour (see 
above); the doublecolon stuff would still be available for more 
flexibility and control.


Tobi


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