lib/cmds/io_handler.rb in cmds-0.2.4 vs lib/cmds/io_handler.rb in cmds-0.2.5

@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 class Cmds
   class IOHandler
     attr_accessor :in, :out, :err
 
     def initialize
-      @queue = Queue.new
       @in = nil
       @out = $stdout
       @err = $stderr
     end
+    
+    def out= value
+      value = value.to_s if value.is_a? Pathname
+      @out = value
+    end
+    
+    def err= value
+      value = value.to_s if value.is_a? Pathname
+      @err = value
+    end
 
     def on_out &block
       @out = block
     end
 
@@ -30,10 +39,14 @@
     def thread_send_line sym, line
       @queue << [sym, line]
     end
 
     def start
+      # Initialize a thread-safe queue for passing output from the IO threads
+      # back to the main thread
+      @queue = Queue.new
+      
       # if out is a proc, it's not done
       out_done = ! @out.is_a?(Proc)
       # same for err
       err_done = ! @err.is_a?(Proc)
 
@@ -71,6 +84,6 @@
         end
       end
 
     # end private
   end # end IOHandler
-end # class Cmds
\ No newline at end of file
+end # class Cmds