From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-02-27T23:03:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Redirecting/Logging output

On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:13:01PM +0900, nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
> class << (log = File.new('log.txt','w'))
>   def write(s)
>     STDOUT.write(s)
>     super
>   end
>   def putc(s)
>     STDOUT.putc(s)
>     super
>   end
> end
> $defout = log

Under 1.6.8, overriding of 'putc' does not work properly. Example:

  print "Hello"
  putc 32
  printf "world%s\n", "!"

prints "Helloworld!\n" to STDOUT, but puts the correct answer in the log
file. But it works if you change it to:

  $defout.putc 32

Any idea what is going on?

Regards,

Brian.