From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2004-12-15T17:59:44+09:00
Subject: Re: no-argument sort()

Robert Klemme wrote:

> Btw, I'm a bit surprised that
> 
>     if (TYPE(a) == T_STRING && TYPE(b) == T_STRING) {
>         return rb_str_cmp(a, b);
>     }
> 
> does indeed cover subclasses as well.  I guess, I'll have to dig into the
> source for further education... :-)

IIRC, subclasses of builtin types keep the same basic structure in 
memory, including the TYPE field.