From: Mark Wilson <mwilson13@...>
Date: 2003-07-07T02:44:43+09:00
Subject: Re: [How do I:] get what's in $stderr as a string?

Thank you. This is excellent stuff.

On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 04:26 AM, Brian Candler wrote:

> [snip]
>
> However this is an implementation of regular 'system', not the
> Shell.def_system_command / #transact / #dialog you are using (which I 
> had
> never come across before)
> [snip]

The use of shell.transact is another example of my "use magic" approach 
to Ruby programming (at least as it pertains to multiple processes and 
inter-process communication). Before using it, I would encounter 
synchronization problems when the same object made multiple calls to 
system processes. This "technique" may be overkill in many cases, and I 
will have to learn more to distinguish when it's necessary and when 
it's just more overhead.

Regards,

Mark