Bug #6477: BigDecimal to_i and to_int methods

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: 1.9.3-p194

[andhapp (Anuj Dutta)]

Hello,

Why are there two methods, to_i and to_int, in BigDecimal when they are exactly same in terms of functionality. Here's the link to the docs:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/bigdecimal/rdoc/BigDecimal.html#method-i-to_i

Am I missing something? Please enlighten.

Thanks.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

=begin
They are not specific to (({BigDecimal})).

(({to_i})) is for explicit conversion, called by users.
(({to_int})) is for implicit conversion, called by core/libraries.
=end