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instance method

StringIO#close

close → nil

Closes self for both reading and writing.

Raises IOError if reading or writing is attempted.

Related: StringIO#close_read, StringIO#close_write.

See also #binmode #closed? .open #closed_read? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0