From: Nikolai Weibull Date: 2007-02-08T18:12:30+09:00 Subject: Re: String.ord On 2/8/07, Micah Wylde wrote: > I agree that there shouldn't be methods that only work with certain > strings. That, I think, just causes confusion and goes against the > object-oriented principles of ruby. Well, #to_i only works for certain Strings. I don't see how it goes against the object-oriented principles of Ruby. Not that I know what those principles are. nikolai