Array.to_s doesn't recurse on items in 2.1.1?

Ruby
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Hi,

I found some strange behaviour in Ruby 2.1.1 (compared to 1.9.3) on
Linux: Array.to_s doesn’t recursively call to_s on each item.

Below is a sample script which demonstrates the behaviour, and shows the
differences between 1.9.3 and 2.1.1.

What was the reasoning behind this change? Is it a bug?

Regards,

–Ashiq

Fails on ruby 2.1.1p76 (2014-02-24 revision 45161) [x86_64-linux]

Array.to_s doesn’t call Object.to_s

class Cat
attr_reader :name
def initialize(name)
@name = name
end

def to_s
return “#{@name} the cute kitty”
end
end

These two should be the same (sans square brackets)

Works in 1.9.3, not in 2.1.1

c = Cat.new(“Mittens”)
puts “Object: #{c}” # Mittens the cute kitty
puts “Array: #{[c]}” # [<Cat:0x00000001841d08 @name=“Mittens”>]

2

c = Cat.new(“Mittens”)

Here you call c.to_s

puts “Object: #{c}” # Mittens the cute kitty

Here you call [c.inspect].to_s

puts “Array: #{[c]}” # [<Cat:0x00000001841d08 @name=“Mittens”>]

It gives the expected output, I consider the previous version as you
described it as incorrect and unexpected.