From: Mike Stok <mike@...>
Date: 2001-11-21T23:04:38+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26018] Re: string concat and .to_s

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Dave Thomas wrote:

> Third is a question of interpretation. You'd like "fred" + 1 to be
> "fred1". How about "2" + 1? "21", or 3? There's a boat load of Perl
> folks who'd argue for the latter. Which is right? Or should we have
> both, depending on whether the string is a number or not?

The boatload of Perl people would say that the use of + as an operator
rather than . supplies the context.  In a language which uses the same
operator for string concatenation and addition then it's probably better
to have the .to_<whatever> clearly indicating the writer's intention.

Mike

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