From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2003-06-23T22:16:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Marshal bug?

Michael Campbell wrote:

>>>irb(main):001:0> a=File.new('somefile','r')
>>
>>                                           ^^  read-only file
>>>irb(main):002:0> Marshal.dump(a.stat)
>>>TypeError: can't dump File::Stat
>>>        from (irb):2:in `dump'
>>>        from (irb):2
>>>irb(main):003:0>
> 
> Maybe I misread, but I think he was asking why a.stat instance
> couldn't be marshalled, not why you couldn't marshal to the file
> referenced by 'a', no?

Sorry - posted too soon. You're right.


Dave