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Subject: Re: Integer(nil) versus Float(nil) versus String(nil)
From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@ o e i c >
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:30:20 +0900
References: 210205
In-reply-to: 210205

Christoffer Sawicki wrote:
> Dear Rubyists,
> 
> def x() yield rescue :error end
> 
> [ x { Integer(nil) }, x { Float(nil) }, x{ String(nil) } ]
> # => [0, :error, ""]
> 
> Isn't that a bit inconsistent?

Is this better?

irb(main):003:0> nil.to_i
=> 0
irb(main):004:0> nil.to_f
=> 0.0
irb(main):005:0> nil.to_s
=> ""

Cheers

	robert