From: Tanaka Akira <akr@...17n.org>
Date: 2004-04-05T12:32:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Difference between to_s and to_str

In article <1081126484.726652.9271.nullmailer@picachu.netlab.jp>,
  matz@ruby-lang.org (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:

> Does [ruby-talk:96552] help you?  "to_str" should always be part of
> String method set.

Always?  Pathname shouldn't have to_str?

I agree that to_str is too powerful for Pathname because Gavin's 2nd
example

  message = "Can't find directory: " + pathname

is not intended to work.

So I'm glad to see a conversion method dedicated only for a pathname.
-- 
Tanaka Akira