From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-05-13T06:40:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Newb question - object type tests?

Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
> Eric Hodel wrote:
>> The to_xxx methods are used to convert an object that is an XXX 
>> representation into an XXX object when there is no inheritance 
>> relationship.
> 
> No, the #to_x methods do that. Only objects that are "strings", but not 
> necessarily instances of String, should define #to_str.

Reading it over again, I see what you mean. Yes, there are 
representations of objects, and those are what you're interested in. If 
you're going to perform some actions on a string, you can accept any 
object that responds to #to_str.