From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2006-03-26T00:32:17+09:00
Subject: Re: [PATCH] to_str, to_s and StringValue

Hi,

In message "Re: [PATCH] to_str, to_s and StringValue"
    on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:58:17 +0900, "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gerardo_Santana_G=F3mez_Garrido?=" <gerardo.santana@gmail.com> writes:

|I should be prepared to handle an exception if I want to use
|StringValue (because it expects a would-be string, or will fail),
|otherwise I should use rb_check_string_type and check by myself. If
|that fails, but I strongly want a string, I should fall back to
|rb_obj_as_string.
|
|Is that correct?

I'm not sure I understand you correctly, but if you want a string, use
StringValue.  And if you want anything, but converted in a string, use
rb_obj_as_string.  I think the latter should be a rare case.

							matz.