From: ChrisH <chris.hulan@...>
Date: 2006-09-11T23:45:39+09:00
Subject: Re: string as nil or empty string?


Robert Klemme wrote:
> aidy wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > With everything in Ruby being an object, should a string be initialised
> > as an empty string
> >
>...
> However, an additional note: it may be that you have a misconception
> about variables in Ruby.  Although you named it "a_string" this variable
> is typeless and it could hold a reference to *any* Ruby object.  So
> a_string "is" not a String as long as it doesn't point to one.  And you
> cannot initialize a String with nil either:
...

+1 Robert

Every thing is an object, but varaibles are references to objects.
If you don't specify an object for a variable to refer to than nil
seems
 the best default, yes?

Cheers