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Bug #12174

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Interpolation ignores `to_s` (and `inspect`) when `to_s` is defined to `nil`.

Added by sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada) about 8 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Assignee:
-
Target version:
-
[ruby-core:74301]

Description

When to_s is defined to return nil, interpolation prints the original inspection.

class A
  def to_s; end
end

puts "#{A.new}" # => #<A:0x007f4edf19d720>

It even ignores an overwritten inspect definition.

class A
  def to_s; end
  def inspect; "foo" end
end

puts "#{A.new}" # => #<A:0x007f8176c09050>

Updated by sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada) about 8 years ago

The description was too specific. Whenever to_s is defined to be not a string, the issue arises.

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Rejected

Yes, to be interpolated into a string, to_s must return a string.
Non-string object cannot be concatenated to a string.

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