From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-11-23T23:21:36+09:00
Subject: Re: String#to_rx ?

I disagree that either #to_re or #to_rx would be a good name for this
construct. I think that it would be better to have a method on Regexp
itself (a new, alternative constructor) that does this. Maybe:

Regexp.compile_escaped(str)

I don't think I've actually ever seen Regexp.compile used, so maybe it
can be repurposed in 1.9 to do this.

FWIW, I don't tend to use the construct that Alex did -- I tend to
either anchor my strings or insert them in the middle of a larger
regexp, which is why I don't particularly think that this is a method
that belongs on String.

If it's to be on String, though, it should probably be on a few others
as well (Fixnum) and it should be explicit: #to_regexp.

-austin
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