From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2007-04-12T08:43:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Class of numeric literals

Hi,

In message "Re: Class of numeric literals"
    on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:50:07 +0900, KM <km@xacrasis.netx> writes:

|A literal number with a decimal point in it becomes a Float, e.g.
|
|   irb(main):002:0> 3.0.class
|   => Float
|
|Is there a way to make a literal like '3.0' become something else,
|e.g. a BigDecimal, automatically?

I'm sorry but no.  It would make the language flexible but fragile.

							matz.