From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2003-01-04T05:35:30+09:00
Subject: Re: dump depth argument

this is getting better all the time. tried a work around and now get:

	`dump': exceed depth limit (ArgumentError)

on

	Marshal.dump(anObject, STDOUT, 2)

am i not understanding this thing or is it just broke?

-transami


On Friday 03 January 2003 01:08 pm, Tom Sawyer wrote:
> > 	dump( anObject [, anIO [, limit=1 ] ] )
> >
> > what am i missing?
>
> found this:
> |@encoded = [Marshal.dump(@decoded, depth)].pack("m")
> |
> |doesn't work, the second param needs to be type IO
>
> Hmm, I designed this to work.  And works fine on my box.  The only
> limitation I can think of is depth must be a Fixnum.
>
> 							matz.
>
> seems that's not the only limitation. and OUCH, that stops me cold. is
> there any work around?
>
> -transami