What does "w+" mean in IO.open ?

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

Hi, the rdoc says that "w+" means:

"w+": Read-write, truncates existing file to zero length or creates a
new file for reading and writing.

however in a post I've read:

output =3D open("my_pipe", "w+") # the w+ means we don't block

Is it true? AFAIK it's not correct as you open a IO and later use bocking o=
r=20
non-blocking methods. Do I miss something?

Thanks.

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I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo <[email protected]>

 

[Robert Klemme]

Hi, the rdoc says that "w+" means:

"w+": Read-write, truncates existing file to zero length or creates a
new file for reading and writing.

however in a post I've read:

output = open("my_pipe", "w+") # the w+ means we don't block

Is it true? AFAIK it's not correct as you open a IO and later use bocking or
non-blocking methods. Do I miss something?

No. RI is RIght. ;-)

Kind regards

robert