From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-12-05T17:20:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about Ruby philosophy

On 04.12.2006 23:28, Martin DeMello wrote:
> On 12/5/06, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> "dynamic typing" - there's a ton of them.  Also, IIRC there are
>> discussions of these issues that revolve around "rational" which used to
>> change the behavior of Fixnum#/ which could cause problems for some
>> programs.
> 
> First I've heard of the 'used to'! When did that change?

I was surprised myself, too:

irb(main):001:0> 1 / 2
=> 0
irb(main):002:0> 1.quo 2
=> 0.5
irb(main):003:0> require 'rational'
=> true
irb(main):004:0> 1 / 2
=> 0
irb(main):005:0> 1.quo 2
=> Rational(1, 2)
irb(main):006:0> RUBY_VERSION
=> "1.8.5"

I believe I remember that "1 / 2" used to return "Rational(1, 2)" with 
'rational' loaded.  Is my memory wrong here?

Kind regards

	robert