From: Bernard Lambeau <blambeau@...>
Date: 2011-06-20T21:40:14+09:00
Subject: What about Object#to_ruby ?

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Hi!

It's not the first time that I need a to_ruby method which would guarantee
the following invariant:

  Kernel.eval(foo.to_ruby) == foo

It actually works when using inspect with most basic objects (Integer,
String,
True & FalseClass, etc.), without actually being the specification of
inspect.

I admit that such a feature probably only makes sense for classes that
actually
capture datatypes, whose instances are then true values.

Does anyone know a gem that provides such a feature? To your knowledge,
would to_ruby be a conflicting name with existing gems in the ecosystem
or future plans for ruby itself?

Just in case you ask yourself whether this feature is needed, have a look
at rubygems itself:
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/lib/rubygems/specification.rb#L1899-1915

Thanks for any suggestion,
Bernard

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