From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2006-10-20T07:35:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Array#to_s in Ruby 1.9 Head


On Oct 19, 2006, at 6:05 PM, Gavin Kistner wrote:

> From: gwtmp01@mac.com [mailto:gwtmp01@mac.com]
>> Mauricio Fernandez writes in http://eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?Changes+in
>> +Ruby+1.9+update+5
>> that Ruby 1.9 Head has changed Array#to_s to be an alias for
>> Array#to_inspect.
>>
>> What is the motivation for that change?
>> 	print a
>> becomes
>> 	a.each { |x| print x }
>
> Or (easier):
> print a.join('')

Sure. But both solutions fail with nested arrays.

I still prefer the 1.8 default behavior.


Gary Wright