From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-07-07T11:20:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Easy Pathname


On Jul 6, 2006, at 6:39 PM, transfire@gmail.com wrote:

> I find myself always using File.join, and never utilizing Pathname b/c
> it's not as convenient to construct. This snippet occured to me to  
> make
> it more paletable:
>
>  class String
>     def /(dir)
>       Pathname.new( File.join(self,dir) )
>     end
>   end
>
>   class Pathname
>     def /(dir)
>       join(dir)
>     end
>   end
>
>   path = '' / 'usr' / 'local'  #=> #<Pathname:/usr/local>
>
> Good idea? Improvements? Better alternatives?
>
> T.
>
>

It's neat but I've always thought that this should be the definition  
of String#/:

class String
   alias_method :/, :split
end