Trouble with Marshal

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p s2 = Marshal.load( IO.read( 'desc.marshal' ) )

#=> foo.rb:13:in `load': marshal data too short (ArgumentError)

Bah, my stupid fault. It was binary mode at stake, but on reading, not writing. Mauricio Fernández kindly pointed out my error. Changing the above to...
  File.open( 'desc.marshal', 'rb' ){ |f| @s2 = Marshal.load( f.read ) }
...fixed my problem.

Thanks for the help, sorry for the noise.

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From: Gavin Kistner