From: Eric Jacoboni <jaco@...>
Date: 2009-03-31T06:34:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Which methods does "puts" invoke?

I�aki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> writes:

> Hi, if I redefine "to_s" or "inspect" methods in String class I still get the 
> original output when doing:
>
>   puts string
>
> Which String@method is invoked when executing "puts"?

to_s  (inspect is called by p)


>> class Truc
>> end
=> nil
>> machin = Truc.new
=> #<Truc:0x55604>
>> puts machin
#<Truc:0x55604>
=> nil
>> class Truc
>>   def to_s
>>     "to_s called"
>>   end
>> end
=> nil
>> puts machin
to_s called
=> nil