Re: ClassName( ) e.g. Integer( 3.5 )

Evan Farrar <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:40:42 -0700
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Integer( ) is a helper method defined on Kernel, not a special syntax.

> On Jul 8, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Chris Freyberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> I found a use of this syntax in some Ruby code, but could not find anythin=
g in ruby-doc about by Google search.
>=20
> Is ClassName() syntactic sugar for ClassName.new() or is it something else=
?
> Has it been deprecated or discouraged ( or some other reason why it is dif=
ficult to find in ruby-doc )?
>=20
> Ta
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