From: Javier 12 <lists@...>
Date: 2013-02-02T21:06:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem redefining String::to_s

unknown wrote in post #1094871:

> Well, you should not expect that.
> Why should to_s be sent to an object that already *is* a string???
>
> Maybe you need to change the behaviour of puts
> (sounds a little scary to me)...

because you're told that puts will call to_s in the object you try to 
print, and it's expected that all objects work the same way, that's all

it was an interesting find, and I have to rely on a custom String class 
because of that

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