[RCR] IO#clearerr

[Ara.T.Howard]

we need it. any reason why it couldn't shouldn't be done?

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[Tanaka Akira]

we need it. any reason why it couldn't shouldn't be done?

ruby 1.8.3 calls clearerr before getc automatically because stdio has
non-portability about that.

ruby 1.9 has no error and EOF flag to clear because it doesn't use
stdio.

 

[Ara.T.Howard]

ruby 1.8.3 calls clearerr before getc automatically because stdio has
non-portability about that.

ruby 1.9 has no error and EOF flag to clear because it doesn't use
stdio.

o.k. - so that should let me read past eof (multiple clients sending data down
pipe one at the time)

but i still can't write past EOF. i want to keep some output pipes open and
simply send EOF down them (close, clearerr) to indicate no more data. any
thought on that?

btw. ever looked at sfio?

cheers.

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[Tanaka Akira]

but i still can't write past EOF. i want to keep some output pipes open and
simply send EOF down them (close, clearerr) to indicate no more data. any
thought on that?

Try it in C. I think it doesn't work.

 

[Ara.T.Howard]

Try it in C. I think it doesn't work.

it sure doesn't seem to. but, from the man page:

...
DESCRIPTION
The function clearerr clears the end-of-file and error indicators for
the stream pointed to by stream.

The function feof tests the end-of-file indicator for the stream
pointed to by stream, returning non-zero if it is set. The end-of-file
indicator can only be cleared by the function clearerr.
...

sure sounds like it should. back to researching ;-(

regards.

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[Tanaka Akira]

Try it in C. I think it doesn't work.

it sure doesn't seem to. but, from the man page:[/QUOTE]

Try it.