Thanks for the clarification.

Staffan



On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The receiver object is the instance of .File created using myPath.  The
> error is caused by the File object instance, but the root cause is the path
> you created it from.
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Staffan Tylen <staffan.ty...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> And I've been reading the doc like this: "If the receiver object is not
>> a .directory then the result is .nil." :(
>>
>> Thanks Rick.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Probably because myPath is not a directory, which causes it to return
>>> .nil, just like the documentation says.
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Staffan Tylen <staffan.ty...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm facing a problem with the following:
>>>>
>>>> files=.File~new(myPath)~list
>>>> loop file over files~allitems
>>>>   say file
>>>> end
>>>>
>>>> Error 97.1:  Object "The NIL object" does not understand message
>>>> "ALLITEMS"
>>>>
>>>> Looking in the doc I find the following strange sentence:
>>>>
>>>> "If the receiver object is not a directory then the result is .nil."
>>>>
>>>> To be honest I don't understand what this sentence means. The list
>>>> method is supposed to return an array but for some reason I get a .nil
>>>> object.
>>>>
>>>> Staffan
>>>>
>>>>
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