From: Gour <gour@...>
Date: 2003-03-20T18:06:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Mystery with ARGF

ts (decoux@moulon.inra.fr) wrote:

> 
>  Well, this is changed in 1.8
> 
> pigeon% cat test.rb
> p ARGF
> pigeon%
>  
> pigeon% ruby -v test.rb test.rb test1.rb
> ruby 1.8.0 (2003-03-03) [i686-linux]
> test.rb
> pigeon% 

Ahh, now it's clear.

> 
>  with 1.6, it was initialized to "-" and set to the right value after an
>  access 
> 
> pigeon% cat test.rb
> p ARGF
> ARGF.gets
> p ARGF
> pigeon%

The code in the script was: path = ARGF.filename, and therefore the
variable "path" was left with the "-" value.

Thank you very much for your explanation.

In my Pickaxe book, there is nothing regards. Where are you picking such details?

Sincerely,
Gour
 
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