From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-07-22T23:36:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8.0-9 Problem

>>>>> "K" == Kevin Ethridge <kevinethridge@yahoo.com> writes:

K> Shouldn't there be a warning or error message when try to concatenate a
K> number in this manner?  

svg% ri String#<<
-------------------------------------------------------------- String#<<
     str << aFixnum -> str
str << anObject -> str
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Append---Concatenates the given object to str. If the object is a
     Fixnum between 0 and 255, it is converted to a character before
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     concatenation.
        a = "hello "
        a << "world"   #=> "hello world"
        a << 33        #=> "hello world!"
        a              #=> "hello world!"

svg% 


Guy Decoux