writelines.rb in facets-2.9.0.pre.1

- old
+ new

@@ -7,17 +7,21 @@
   # Note that +readlines+ (the standard Ruby method) returns an array of lines
   # <em>with newlines intact</em>, whereas +writelines+ uses +puts+, and so
   # appends newlines if necessary.  In this small way, +readlines+ and
   # +writelines+ are not exact opposites.
   #
-  # Returns +nil+.
+  #   data = ['The content', ['for the file']]
+  #   File.writelines('tmp/writelines.txt', data)
   #
+  # Returns number of lines written.
+  #
   # CREDIT: Noah Gibbs, Gavin Sinclair
 
   def self.writelines(path, data)
     File.open(path, "wb") do |file|
       file.puts(data)
     end
+    data.size
   end
 
 end
 