From: ts Date: 2005-12-14T02:38:51+09:00 Subject: Re: Concerning the #to_* convention >>>>> "D" == Daniel Schierbeck writes: D> I hope you can give me a hint of what the best practice is. I don't know what is the best practice but you can ask ruby moulon% ruby -e 'a = [1, 2]; b = a.to_a; p a.object_id==b.object_id' true moulon% moulon% ruby -e 'a = "12"; b = a.to_s; p a.object_id==b.object_id' true moulon% Guy Decoux