From: SASADA Koichi Date: 2013-09-27T01:17:33+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:57406] Re: [Backport 200 - Backport #8953] `str =~ /pattern/` does not call =~ method if (1) str is a String, (2) /pattern/ is a Regexp literal (2013/09/27 1:13), ko1 (Koichi Sasada) wrote: > And all of versions ignore the redefinition. > I implemented 1.9 VM as this behaviour because I think it is spec. > > Could you ask matz? I have no objection about that. However, please be more careful to change the behavior. (this phrase is also for me, of course) -- // SASADA Koichi at atdot dot net