From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-05-31T06:48:07+09:00
Subject: Re: to_s and concatenation

Hi --

On Sat, 31 May 2003, Brian Candler wrote:

> The same distinction doesn't seem to hold for to_int and to_i though - you
> get a different exception. I don't understand the mechanics of coercion of
> numeric types.

Just one addendum: it does hold for to_a/to_ary -- that is, you can
define to_ary on an object and that's how the object will represent
itself in cases where an array is expected, while to_a will return
at least something for every object.


David

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