From: brian ford <brixen@...>
Date: 2011-09-15T03:30:20+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:39561] Re: [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #5310][Open] Integral objects

Hi Matz,

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I strongly disagree to use to_int (currently working for integer
> conversion) as integral conversion. �Note that I don't disagree (yet)
> to introduce concept of integrals to Ruby in the future. �But
> recycling name is not ideal.

Could you explain what you mean by integer conversion versus integral
conversion?

I'm still completely lost on what problem this proposal is intending to fix.

Thanks,
Brian