From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-12-18T00:15:52+09:00
Subject: Re: String#dump and quotes

Ross Bamford wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:42:18 -0000, Hal Fulton 
> <hal9000@hypermetrics.com>  wrote:
>>
>> FWIW, I think if you eval a dump, you get the original string back.
>> I *think* that's correct. But it may be just a side effect.
>>
> 
> I assumed that _was_ the point of the quotes and the escaping it does ?
> 

It may well be. I've just never seen that documented.

I've rarely used dump anyway.


Hal