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I don't like the default behavior of String#to_i and String#to_f to return
zero for any string that contains no recognizable numbers. I had thought to
write overriding methods like so:

Class String
	def to_i
		fail "#{self} is not a valid integer" unless self =~ /^\d*$/
		# call original to_i
	end
end

...but I don't how (if it is possible?) to call the original to_i. Am I stuck
with using a new method name or a custom string class?

-- 
Henry House
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