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Type Conversion: Silent Failures #232

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@Flipez

Conversion methods return default values on failure, making debugging impossible:

"invalid".to_i()  // Returns 0 (can't distinguish from actual 0)
"abc".to_f()      // Returns 0.0
nil.to_s()        // Returns ""

Recommendation:

  • Return ERROR object on failure
    result = "abc".to_i()
    if result.type() == "ERROR"
      puts("Conversion failed: " + result.message())
    end

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