From: google@... (John W. Long)
Date: 2004-01-24T01:45:08+09:00
Subject: $stdout vs. $defout what's the difference?

In irb:

irb(main):001:0> class O; def write; end; end
=> nil
irb(main):002:0> old = $defout; $defout = O.new; $defout = old
=> #<IO:0x2780498>
irb(main):003:0> old = $stdout; $stdout = O.new; $stdout = old

At this point irb freezes and no further output is sent to the screen. Why?

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