From: Markus Fischer <markus@...>
Date: 2009-05-27T19:25:04+09:00
Subject: Re: String representing relative file name, adding (meta) data?

Brian Candler wrote:
> Some Ruby methods call to_str implicitly when they expect a String, so 
> try that.

O_O ! That a surprising thing for a beginner. With that information and 
searching for "ruby to_s vs to_str" reveals some useful background. One 
just has to grasp this.

 > This lets you pick and choose the ones which you wish to expose.
 > Otherwise, you can delegate all unknown methods like this:
 >
 >   def method_missing(m, *args, &blk)
 >     @name.send(m, *args, &blk)
 >   end

That's wonderful, I integrated this and now the rest of my code is less 
cluttered and suddenly the class works in cases I haven't thought of. 
Very nice, thank you!

- Markus