BigDecimal#inspect for people who aren't cyborgs
I wonder if the guy that wrote BigDecimal#inspect has a tragic backstory that explains why he hates humanity.
- Tim Pope Show archive.org snapshot
I finally gave up and made BigDecimal#inspect return BigDecimal#to_s:
p BigDecimal.new('2.3') #=> "2.3"
Use the attached initializer.
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