From: Tanaka Akira Date: 2011-11-20T01:02:47+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:41159] Re: Pathname['abc'] instead of Pathname('abc') global method as constructor alternative 2011/11/18 Haase, Konstantin : > Using a global method is consistent with Array, Float, Integer, etc though. In addition, I feel class[] relates a container: Array[], Hash[], Set[]. -- Tanaka Akira