From: Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind@...>
Date: 2008-11-19T00:04:13+09:00
Subject: Re: let my custom defined class convert to string?

Thanks, that helps a lot, actually!

Jonathan

Stefano Crocco wrote:
> Alle Tuesday 18 November 2008, Jonathan Rochkind ha scritto:
>>
>> Is there anything I can do so my class will always be converted properly
>> to a String by ruby, in all cases, so client code can really use it just
>> like a string?
>>
>> Jonathan
> 
> Defining a to_str method makes String#+ work,  but I'm not sure it'll 
> work
> everywhere. According to some documentation I found on google, defining 
> that
> method should make the class usable in place of a string. Note, however, 
> that
> you still have to define a to_s method if you want to change the output 
> of
> puts.
> 
> I hope this helps
> 
> Stefano

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