From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-12-11T02:35:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28110] Re: How does puts decide how to print a given object?

>>>>> "D" == David Alan Black <dblack@candle.superlink.net> writes:

D> In general (?), though, puts will consult an object's to_s method,

 puts look 

  1) if the object is nil, it give "nil"
  2) it try to call #to_ary (if the type of the object is not Array). This
     call can fail, return  nil or an object of type Array 
     * if the type of the result is an Array, ruby use a special algorithm
     * otherwise it call #to_s 


Guy Decoux