From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2007-03-02T06:44:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Why does String have to_str and Integer have to_int?


On Mar 1, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> Is Exception really a string representation?

I think Matz and Co. agree with you...

$ irb
irb(main):001:0> Exception.new('message').to_str
=> "message"
irb(main):002:0>


$ irb1.9
irb(main):001:0> Exception.new('message').to_str
NoMethodError: undefined method `to_str' for #<Exception: message>
         from (irb):3
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:150:in `block (2 levels)  
in eval_input'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:259:in `signal_status'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:147:in `block in  
eval_input'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:146:in `eval_input'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:70:in `block in start'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:69:in `catch'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9/irb.rb:69:in `start'
         from /usr/local/bin/irb1.9:13:in `<main>'



Gary Wright