Ruby 1.8.0-9 Problem

[Kevin Ethridge]

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Shouldn't there be a warning or error message when try to concatenate a number in this manner?

name = "John Doe"
print "Your name is " << name.length << " characters long."

outputs:

Your name is  characters long.


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<DIV>Shouldn't there be a warning or error message when try to concatenate a number in this manner? </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>name = "John Doe"</DIV>
<DIV>print "Your name is " &lt;&lt; name.length &lt;&lt; " characters long."</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>outputs:</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>
<P>Your name is  characters long.</P></FONT></DIV>
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[ts]

K> Shouldn't there be a warning or error message when try to concatenate a
K> number in this manner?

svg% ri String#<<
-------------------------------------------------------------- String#<<
str << aFixnum -> str
str << anObject -> str
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Append---Concatenates the given object to str. If the object is a
Fixnum between 0 and 255, it is converted to a character before
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
concatenation.
a = "hello "
a << "world" #=> "hello world"
a << 33 #=> "hello world!"
a #=> "hello world!"

svg%


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