From: Michael Glaesemann <grzm@...>
Date: 2007-09-08T05:32:13+09:00
Subject: Re: nil.to_s


On Sep 7, 2007, at 15:11 , Morton Goldberg wrote:

> On Sep 7, 2007, at 2:44 PM, Nasir Khan wrote:
>
>> IMHO nil.to_s => "", nil.to_i => 0 and nil.to_a => [] are  
>> potential sources
>> of confusion and bugs.
>
> <code>
> n =  4
> n.downto(0) do |k|
>    puts "#{k} bottle#{'s' if k != 1} of beer"
> end
> </code>

As I read it, OP is asking specifically about the behavior of nil.to_ 
(s|i|a). I may be missing something, but where does this code involve  
nil? k is in 4..0, but not nil.

For the record, I don't have any issue with how Ruby handles nils in  
this case. I'm just commenting on this particular response.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net