From: "John W. Long" <ng@...>
Date: 2004-02-03T13:03:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Destructive String Methods

> I don't know what you're doing with it, but this seems to be begging
> for a custom object. Perhaps the difficulty of doing what you want to
> is Ruby's way of telling you to adjust your design. Just a thought.

Right. A to_s method on a custom object may be just the thing... Strings are
strange objects though. In order to make an effective subclass it seems like
there are times when an #updated method would be nice.

--
John