From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...1.vip.lng.yahoo.com>
Date: 2003-03-30T23:29:37+09:00
Subject: Re: [Ruby] Java-like toString() method?

il Sun, 30 Mar 2003 10:28:30 +0200, "Frank Thomas" <root@sparkynet.de>
ha scritto::


>Test t = new Test();
>System.out.print(t); // -> "This is a test-class"
>
>###
>
>I believe the inspect() method is the equivalent in ruby. (By the way: i


I still think to_s is the right thing.
Having a string like "bla\n" inspected you get the newline escaped,
instead of a real new line.

Just, while java println knows how to handle various types, puts or
print need strings, and I think this is The Right Thing (TM)