From: Issac Trotts <ITrotts@...>
Date: 2001-12-13T15:22:27+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28388] The maddening output of Arrays

Can anyone tell me why Ruby outputs arrays without 
any indication that what it's printing is an array?

For instance, why does 

	print "my obj is #{[1]}"

produce
	
	my obj is 1

rather than

	my obj is [1]

?

It seems silly to have to type out inspect
each time, and it's error-prone besides.

	print "print "my obj is #{[1].inspect}"

May I be so bold as to propose changing this
surprising behavior while Ruby is still young 
and not tied to a mammoth legacy code base?

Issac