Re: RFC 48 (v2) Objects should have builtin stringifying

[Nathan Wiger]

> I am intrigued by the idea of a "scalar" context, and
> a "string" context though.

A string context is a special type of scalar. This distinction already
exists in Perl:

   $one = $two;     # scalar (not string)
   print "$one";    # string (and scalar)

-Nate