From: Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2006-10-27T14:03:37+09:00
Subject: Re: nil.to_s != "nil"

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On 2006.10.27 13:56, Dmitri Priimak wrote:
> Eero Saynatkari wrote:
>=20
> >Is it possible to change NilClass#to_s to return "nil"
> >rather than "" since "" !=3D nil?
> >=20
> >
> -- test.rb BEGIN
> p nil.to_s.nil?
>=20
> class NilClass
>  def to_s
>    nil
>  end
> end
>=20
> p nil
> p nil.to_s.nil?
> -- test.rb END
>=20
> $ ruby test.rb
> false
> nil
> true

I should have been clearer. I was wondering if it could
be fixed in the language itself :) Thank you though!

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