From: Jim Weirich <jim.weirich@...>
Date: 2011-01-12T03:23:45+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:34377] Re: [Ruby 1.9-Feature#4264][Open] General type coercion protocol for Ruby


On Jan 11, 2011, at 1:17 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> I understood it as to_a/to_s are for conversions.  They basically  
> mean change this object into an Array or a Sring, however it makes  
> sense to do that for the current object.
>
> In contrast, to_ary/to_str are for objects that essentially are  
> enhanced versions of Array or String.  They mean, it's OK to pretend  
> this object is an Array or a String.
>
> Perhaps I'm wrong though.


That's my understanding as well.

-- 
-- Jim Weirich
-- jim.weirich@gmail.com