From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-07-26T01:43:27+09:00
Subject: Problem with class, struct, and to_s

-talk,

Anyone care to explain this?  I thought 'puts' always called the
'to_s' method on its arguments.  Or are classes and structs not
designed to be mixed?

Thanks,
Gavin


irb(main):006:0> X = Struct.new(:x)
=> X
irb(main):007:0> x = X.new(6)
=> #<struct X x=6>
irb(main):008:0> class X
irb(main):009:1>   def to_s
irb(main):010:2>     -15
irb(main):011:2>   end
irb(main):012:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):013:0> puts x
#<X:0x10167548>
=> nil
irb(main):014:0> puts x.to_s
-15
=> nil