From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-02-25T11:35:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Extrange String#=~ behaviour

I単aki Baz Castillo wrote:
> Hi, I can't understand it:
> 
>   class String
>     def =~ obj
>       puts "Sorry, I don't compare"
>     end
>   end
>
> b) 多?
> irb> "string" =~ /string/
> 0
> 
> Could I know why case "b" perform the normal regexp comparission instead 
> of
> invoking the re-defined String#=~ method??
> 

To me that suggests that String#=~ calls Regexp#=~.  However, I am 
having no luck proving that.  I can't even override Regexp#=~:

class Regexp
  def =~(obj)
    puts "goodbye"
  end
end

puts /string/ =~ "string"  #0





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