Class of numeric literals

Ruby
1

A literal number with a decimal point in it becomes a Float, e.g.

irb(main):002:0> 3.0.class
=> Float

Is there a way to make a literal like ‘3.0’ become something else,
e.g. a BigDecimal, automatically?

2

Hi,

In message “Re: Class of numeric literals”
on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:50:07 +0900, KM [email protected] writes:

|A literal number with a decimal point in it becomes a Float, e.g.
|
| irb(main):002:0> 3.0.class
| => Float
|
|Is there a way to make a literal like ‘3.0’ become something else,
|e.g. a BigDecimal, automatically?

I’m sorry but no. It would make the language flexible but fragile.

          matz.