From: Brian Candler Date: 2003-04-14T19:06:10+09:00 Subject: Re: Does dynamic typing make it easier to place an object in a container? On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 05:57:24PM +0900, Robert Klemme wrote: > If java.lang.Object had a method "public int toInteger()" like ruby's > Object has ??? $ irb irb(main):001:0> Object.new.to_i NameError: undefined method `to_i' for # from (irb):1 irb(main):002:0> Object.new.to_int NameError: undefined method `to_int' for # from (irb):2