From: Matthew Harris <shugotenshi@...>
Date: 2006-06-26T20:04:56+09:00
Subject: Re: string =~ string

I'd really like similar behavior to be added back in. For example,
converting to a Regexp, yes, but instead: 'foo' =~ 'o' would convert
'o' such as: Regexp.new(Regexp.escape('o'))

On 6/25/06, Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jun 24, 2006, at 1:51 PM, Alex Young wrote:
>
> > http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.html#M001849 says this:
> >
> >   "cat o' 9 tails" =~ '\d'   #=> nil
> >
> > I get this:
> >
> > irb(main):001:0> "cat o' 9 tails" =~ '\d'
> > TypeError: type mismatch: String given
> >         from (irb):1:in `=~'
> >         from (irb):1
> >
> > $ ruby -v
> > ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]
> >
> > Any clues?
> >
> > --
> > Alex
> >
>
> String#=~ used to automagically convert the second arg into a regexp.
> It doesn't do that anymore.
>
>


-- 
Matt