From: james_b <james_b@...>
Date: 2003-07-16T03:19:38+09:00
Subject: Re: How to reduce Ruby runtime error?


> I already realized that I am suiciding, that's why I asked you people
> for help. What I am asking in essence is that since ruby is typeless, it
> should act like truely typeless. 

Ruby is not typeless.  It is dynamically typed.  Big difference.

 > An array of string can return nil, then
> nil should act like string. 

An Array is a container; it holds references to objects.  A single array 
might have a mix of strings, integers, FooBars, Nil, whatever.  The 
array itself is not of any type other than Array.

James