From: "nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) via ruby-core" Date: 2025-05-18T04:06:37+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:122180] [Ruby Misc#21325] make ruby more middle-aged man friendly Issue #21325 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada). pynix (Pynix wang) wrote in #note-3: > nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) wrote in #note-2: > > `format` is an alias of `#sprinf` inherited from `Kernel`. > > We can't rename it. > > > if format is not ok, I don't say that overriding `format` is not ok. Just renaming `Kernel#format` is not acceptable. > to_s will be good, like Integer, `255.to_s(16)` Overriding `to_s` can be a candidate as well. ---------------------------------------- Misc #21325: make ruby more middle-aged man friendly https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21325#change-113327 * Author: pynix (Pynix wang) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- after 35, I lose all interests about programming. no linux, no vim, no iterm2, and no much much. when I want to format a ruby time to string. I will try `Time.now.format("yy-MM-dd")`, but I get `private method 'format' called for an instance of Time` ohh, I google `ruby time format`, then I get `strftime`, I know this is from c standard library. answer me, looking my eyes. why? baby why? why I have to use c style method with ruby in 2025. format is the first choose when we not familiar with `Time` class, so, `format` is private, so we can rename it to `_format`, and make `format` a copy of `strftime` and deprecate the old one, -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ ______________________________________________ ruby-core mailing list -- ruby-core@ml.ruby-lang.org To unsubscribe send an email to ruby-core-leave@ml.ruby-lang.org ruby-core info -- https://ml.ruby-lang.org/mailman3/lists/ruby-core.ml.ruby-lang.org/