From: sto.mar@...
Date: 2013-02-01T15:24:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem redefining String::to_s

Am 31.01.2013 19:56, schrieb Javier 12:
> I've been checking String::to_s source code and found an issue.
>
> A program like this will not work:
>
>     class String
>        def to_s
>           "example"
>        end
>     end
>
>     puts "Hi"
>
> The output will be "Hi" and not "example".
>
> This is due to C code, it checks if object is a String, and then print
> it directly without calling "to_s" (it calls to_s on all other classes)
>
> I wanted to override String::to_s to apply some color to my program
> output (just to check some things) and I can't.
>
> Is this a missing feature?
>
> (i'm using ruby 1.8.7)
(why???)


The built-in classes behave sometimes differently than the classes
you define. That's neither a bug nor a feature.
Also, why should puts send to_s to a string? It *is* already a string.

There seems to be gems to colorize output, or maybe this helps:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1489183/colorized-ruby-output.

   class String
     def red
       "\e[31m#{self}\e[0m"
     end
   end

   puts 'Red text'.red


Regards,
Marcus


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