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{ 2009 04 14 }

too smart rubies

s = ""
s << 0 # just great
s << 255 # still cool
s << 256 # `<<': can't convert Fixnum into String (TypeError)
Now imagine that the null character comes from the variable and only under certain conditions. And the string then passed further to some component which just happily assumes the string ended at that null character. And I never liked that ASCII art method anyway. Probably wouldn't ever use it but many languages still suck at string concatenation.
Posted by dolzenko on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at 8:16 pm. Filed under main. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.
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