From: Albert Wagner <alwagner@...>
Date: 2002-11-07T02:18:37+09:00
Subject: Re: How to get ruby interactive when some condition or error ocurred?

On Wednesday 06 November 2002 8:37 am, Paul Duncan wrote:
> * Radek Hnilica (Radek@Hnilica.CZ) wrote:
> > 	Hello,
> >
> > I'm thinking of, and looking for way to start interactive session from
> > running program, when some limit condition, or an error ocurred.  I
> > still can't find a way how to do it.
> >
> > Something like
> >  ...
> >     # some code
> >     start_interactive_session if flag
> >  ...
>
> require 'irb'
>
> # some code
> # ...
> IRB::start $STDIN if flag
>
>
> (hint: if you've got irb installed on a local Unix box, do the
> following: cat `which irb`)
>
> > --
> > Radek Hnilica <Radek at Hnilica dot CZ>
> >  when I'm mobile, use <Radek.Hnilica@atlas.cz>
> > =======================================
> > No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back.
> > 						Turkish proverb

I didn't realize that you could do that.  Does that mean that FreeRide may 
someday be able to work like Smalltalk in that, after a walkback, code can be 
corrected and continued?
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