From: "and.u" <is.r@...>
Date: 2001-01-09T01:50:33+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:8881] Re: About string return from IO::gets

I'm a ruby newbie. I use ruby to write network daemon,
which support a interactive protocol like SMTP/POP.
So I think using io.gets is simple way. For some
reason, I want to limit chars which are read actually.

Thanks.

Regards
Andy Yu
Aleksi Niemel� <aleksi.niemela@cinnober.com> wrote:
>
>Gotoken wrote:
>> p.s. We denote by `IO::gets' a class method `gets' (which does not
>>      exist as built-in); IO#gets stands for an instance method `gets'
>>      of IO.  These distinction make our comminication clearer :-)
>
>Um, I might be mistaken here, but isn't IO.gets a notation for a IO's class
>method gets. I guess IO::gets does the same, but ::-notation is "saved" for
>denoting namespaces (Module::Class).
>
>I'm all for enhanced communication, so clearing possible confusion on this
>point is very good.
>
>	- Aleksi
>