From: Robert Klemme Date: 2003-04-14T19:37:56+09:00 Subject: Re: Does dynamic typing make it easier to place an object in a container? "Brian Candler" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20030414110600.B36806@linnet.org... > 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 Oooops, since to_a and to_s are there i thought to_i was also. Sorry. Forget my previous post. :-) robert