From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-07-30T02:12:39+09:00
Subject: Re: to_i vs. to_int

Hi --

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, ts wrote:

>>>>>> "d" == dblack  <dblack@wobblini.net> writes:
>
> d>    class S
> d>      def to_int
> d>        2
> d>      end
> d>    end
>
> d>    puts 2 + S.new    # TypeError: S can't be coerced into Fixnum
>
>      puts 2 | S.new

Interesting.  What's the rationale for not doing the conversion for +
and - and other operator/methods?


David

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