On Aug 21, 10:11 pm, "Logan Capaldo" <logancapa... / gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/21/07, Kaldrenon <kaldre... / gmail.com> wrote: > > It's also exactly the same number of characters. > > I had to count to be sure, but you are indeed correct. :) I just think > "#{foo}" looks busier than foo.to_s By itself, I happen to agree, but I tend to dislike long method call chains as in the original example. They both do the same thing, so it's just a preference thing, I think.