From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-12-04T08:55:08+09:00
Subject: Redefining rb_str_init()

Hi all,

I'm just messing around with a custom String class, so I did this to
string.c:

static VALUE rb_str_init(int argc, VALUE* argv, VALUE v_str){
   VALUE v_orig;

   rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &v_orig);

   if(RTEST(v_orig))
      rb_str_replace(v_str, v_orig);

   printf("Hello!\n");

   return v_str;
}

I rebuilt Ruby and installed it without issue.  But, the "Hello" only
prints if you use the long form of the constructor:

s1 = String.new('test') # "Hello!"
s2 = "test" # Nothing printed

What do I need to change to make the constructor shortcut work as
expected?

Thanks,

Dan