From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2004-03-31T10:56:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Problem with binary files in mswin ruby Hi, In message "Re: Problem with binary files in mswin ruby" on 04/03/31, Anders Bengtsson writes: |Could the methods in Marshal check for this and raise an exception if |they fail to turn on binary mode? (At least on platforms where it |matters). I'm not sure what you want exactly. Making "binmode" to raise exception when internal buffer is already filled with text-mode contents? matz.