method
coerce
ruby latest stable - Class:
Vector
coerce(other)public
The coerce method provides support for Ruby type coercion. This coercion mechanism is used by Ruby to handle mixed-type numeric operations: it is intended to find a compatible common type between the two operands of the operator. See also Numeric#coerce.
# File lib/matrix.rb, line 2121
def coerce(other)
case other
when Numeric
return Matrix::Scalar.new(other), self
else
raise TypeError, "#{self.class} can't be coerced into #{other.class}"
end
end