From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-02-19T16:18:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:11086] Re: to_s and <<

> 
> So they are doing the same thing, but you call to_str
> when you want to make an implicit assertion that what you
> have is something you should be doing string operations
> with, and not just something that (like everything) can
> be described in text.
> 

OK, I think one more neuron in my brain reached out to
touch its neighbor.

Thanks, Ben (and others)...

Hal