End of file error when trying to Marshal.load

[klaf_bang]

Hi,-

I am trying out the marshaling functionality of Ruby with this
documentation as a guide:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Marshal.html

Code goes like this:

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class Klass
  def initialize(str)
    @str = str
  end
  def sayHello
    @str
  end
end

def marshalKlass
  o = Klass.new("hello\n")
  print o.sayHello
  Marshal.dump(o, File.open("output.txt", "w"))
  data = File.open("output.txt") # all fine up until here
  obj = Marshal.load(data) # EOFError
  print obj.sayHello
end

if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME
  marshalKlass
end

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The line:
obj = Marshal.load(data)
gives the following error:

Klass.rb:19:in `load': end of file reached (EOFError)
  from Klass.rb:19:in `marshalKlass'
  from Klass.rb:32

The line:
data = File.open("output.txt") places the cursor at the start of the
file. What's wrong?

Thanks!

/ Vahagn
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[Tim Hunter-7]

Vahagn Hayrapetyan wrote:

> The line:
> obj = Marshal.load(data)
> gives the following error:
>
> Klass.rb:19:in `load': end of file reached (EOFError)
>   from Klass.rb:19:in `marshalKlass'
>   from Klass.rb:32
>
> The line:
> data = File.open("output.txt") places the cursor at the start of the
> file. What's wrong?

I'm guessing you're on Windows. You need to open the file in binary
mode. That is, with "wb" and "rb".

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[klaf_bang]

Tim, I'm on Mac OS X (Leopard). Now I have:

  Marshal.dump(o, File.open("output.txt", "wb"))
  data = File.open("output.txt", "rb")
  obj = Marshal.load(data)

But I get the exact same error.

/ Vahagn

Tim Hunter wrote:
> Vahagn Hayrapetyan wrote:
>> file. What's wrong?
> I'm guessing you're on Windows. You need to open the file in binary
> mode. That is, with "wb" and "rb".

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[Robert Klemme-2]

Please do not top post.

On 05.09.2009 13:45, Vahagn Hayrapetyan wrote:

> Tim, I'm on Mac OS X (Leopard). Now I have:
>
>   Marshal.dump(o, File.open("output.txt", "wb"))
>   data = File.open("output.txt", "rb")
>   obj = Marshal.load(data)
>
> But I get the exact same error.
>
> / Vahagn
>
> Tim Hunter wrote:
>> Vahagn Hayrapetyan wrote:
>>> file. What's wrong?
>> I'm guessing you're on Windows. You need to open the file in binary
>> mode. That is, with "wb" and "rb".

You also need to make sure you write the complete file which you don't
because you're not closing the File properly.

http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/posts/rklemme/001-Using_blocks_for_Robustness.html

Cheers

        robert


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[klaf_bang]

@Robert:

Ah! "While not closing a read only file usually does not have dramatic
consequences, not closing a file opened for writing likely has dramatic
consequences."

The working method:

def marshalKlass
  o = Klass.new("hello\n")
  print o.sayHello
  dumped = File.open("output.txt", "w")
  Marshal.dump(o, dumped)
  dumped.close
  data = File.open("output.txt", "r")
  obj = Marshal.load(data)
  data.close
  print obj.sayHello
end


Thanks,
/ Vahagn
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[Robert Klemme-2]

On 05.09.2009 14:35, Vahagn Hayrapetyan wrote:

> @Robert:
>
> Ah! "While not closing a read only file usually does not have dramatic
> consequences, not closing a file opened for writing likely has dramatic
> consequences."
>
> The working method:
>
> def marshalKlass
>   o = Klass.new("hello\n")
>   print o.sayHello
>   dumped = File.open("output.txt", "w")
>   Marshal.dump(o, dumped)
>   dumped.close
>   data = File.open("output.txt", "r")
>   obj = Marshal.load(data)
>   data.close
>   print obj.sayHello
> end

This is better but my point in the blog article was a different one:
use the block form of File.open because it is more robust.

Cheers

        robert

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[klaf_bang]

@Robert: Sure!

def marshal_class
  o = Klass.new("hello")
  print o.sayHello, " from original object\n"
  File.open("data.txt", "w") do |file|
    Marshal.dump(o, file)
  end
  File.open("data.txt", "r") do |file|
    @obj = Marshal.load(file)
  end
  print @obj.sayHello + " from restored object\n"
end

That's a good article, btw.
Cheers,
Vahagn
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