Class: File

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/helpers/ruby_1.8_1.9_compatibility.rb,
lib/helpers/ruby_1.8_1.9_compatibility.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#get_byte ⇒ Object

in older Ruby versions <1.9 getc returned a byte, e.g. a number 0..255



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# File 'lib/helpers/ruby_1.8_1.9_compatibility.rb', line 56

def get_byte
  self.getbyte     # returns a number 0..255
end

#read_bytes(n) ⇒ Object

returns a string containing bytes



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# File 'lib/helpers/ruby_1.8_1.9_compatibility.rb', line 17

def read_bytes(n)  # returns a string containing bytes
  #      self.read(n)
  #      self.sysread(n)
  self.bytes.take(n)
end

#write_bytes(bytes) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/helpers/ruby_1.8_1.9_compatibility.rb', line 22

def write_bytes(bytes)
  self.syswrite(bytes)
end