From: Stefan Lang <langstefan@...>
Date: 2005-11-27T22:33:04+09:00
Subject: Re: String#to_rx ?

On Sunday 27 November 2005 14:13, Jeff Wood wrote:
> > So in what way is String#escaped better than String#to_rx?
>
> When I read #to_rx I can only guess at the specifics of the call (
> something to do with regular expressions ... or perscriptions ) ...
> but what it's doing to the string, no idea...  when I read #escaped
> all the lights light up ... ah, you want an escaped version of the
> string. ...

But escaped for what purpose? For usage as XML attribute value?
Or does it escape special shell characters? Or special regex
characters? Or special characters for File.fnmatch?

A string can be escaped for many purposes. I'm sure others can
come up with more examples. IMO adding a method to String is a
bad choice. Either new syntax, or use the existing Regexp.escape,
which is a clean and readable solution.

Regards,
  Stefan