From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-01-19T10:33:23+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9530] Re: reading an entire file as a string

matz@zetabits.com (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:

> In fact, 
> 
>   buff = File.open(path){|f|f.read}
> 
> gives whole contents of a file.  But I admit it's too hard to
> understand at a first sight.

    if (rb_block_given_p()) {
	return rb_ensure(rb_yield, file, rb_io_close, file);
    }

Sneaky. That's a documentation bug in the book, then.

Thanks, matz.


Dave