Well, it slightly relates to syntax ... because basic ruby types (string, numeric, array, hash, range, etc.) use to print valid ruby syntax on inspect. This is very useful for reinterpreting values stored as strings by the use of inspect. -- henon
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Tomas Matousek <[email protected] > wrote: > This is not about syntax. This is just what System::String#inspect prints > out. > > Tomas > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Tinco Andringa > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 6:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Comparing CLR strings and Ruby strings - a > slightly surprising behaviour > > Wouldn't using different syntax especially for clr just amount to > creating a new language instead of implementing Ruby on the dlr? (Not > to mention a language that's not very intuitive) > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 23:00, Orion Edwards <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I like backticks more than single quotes, but ideally you'd just have the > > same quotes and make them red or something for clr strings. > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Pete Bacon Darwin > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> How about back ticks? `Some string`? > >> > >> Since ruby can have single quote string literals it might not be that > >> obvious that 'Some string' it is not a normal Ruby string. > >> > >> Pete > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tomas > Matousek > >> Sent: Thursday,05 March 05, 2009 21:03 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Comparing CLR strings and Ruby strings - a > >> slightly surprising behaviour > >> > >> I'm going to use single quotes for formatting CLR strings via inspect. > >> "clr:" prefix is too long and it gets in your way when working mostly > with > >> CLR strings. > >> > >> >>> "Some string" > >> => "Some string" > >> >>> "Some string".to_clr_string > >> => 'Some string' > >> > >> Sounds good? > >> > >> Tomas > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ironruby-core mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ironruby-core mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core >
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