From: Joe Ruby MUDCRAP-CE <joeat303@...>
Date: 2006-10-03T05:03:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Why can't Ruby automatically cast variables?

Sammy Larbi wrote:
> Joe Ruby MUDCRAP-CE wrote:
> 
>>a='2'
>>b=3
>>
>>puts a.to_i + b
>>
>>Why can't (or can?) Ruby just handle 'puts a + i' or 'puts a+b'?
>>
>>  
>>
> How would it know whether you wanted to concatenate the two, or add 
> them?

By reading my mind.

Joe

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