From: Sam Roberts <sroberts@...>
Date: 2004-03-29T07:24:53+09:00
Subject: Re: [newbie] What is String#dump for?

Quoteing alex_verk@mail.ru, on Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 07:02:08AM +0900:
> Given that I can rewrite your "usage example" like this:
> 
>  _="puts'_='+_.dump+';'+_";puts'_='+_.dump+';'+_
> 
> , String#dump must be the same thing as String#inspect, and has nothing to do with marshalling. Correct?
> 
> I would still appreciate some reallife usage. I can vaguely imagine
> using it to insert any given string into a regexp or as an argument to
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> a generated Ruby script. Is that the purpose, or something else?

Yes, that is one important use, though you could use it for other things.

Sam