Re: Can't coerce to string

On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 08:24, Tupshin Harper wrote:
> >> The issue comes when you try to concat a string to a
> >> box ("" + box).
> >
> >
> > Why do you need to do that?
> >
> > -Brian
> 
> He doesn't need to. The point is that logging a box object succeeds and 
> returns a string indicating it's a box, but logging ("this is a box: " + 
> box) fails because you can coerce a box to a string in java space, but 
> you can't in JS space. This is an understandable, yet surprising 
> behavior. I have a patch that turns the box to string coercion into a 
> warning, complete with template name and line number. I believe this is 
> the most desirable behavior.

Perhaps a better way would be to cancel only the line of JS that causes
it (ie the logging) but throw a nicer warning / error message like:

"p.t.template:line# Cannot coerce Box/Object to string
                    See reference for more information"

Then we can simply document the problem in the reference.
-- 
- Charlie

Charles Goodwin <[email protected]>
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