Can't log objects

[aslakhellesoy]

Summary

Can't log objects

Expected Behavior

This statement:

log Date.parse('2020-02-03')

prints:

2020-02-03

Current Behavior

I get an error:

Cucumber::LogTypeInvalid (Cucumber::LogTypeInvalid)

Possible Solution

Allow any object and call #to_s on it

Your Environment

• Version used: 4.0.0.rc.6
• Operating System and version: MacOS

[vincent-psarga]

Ok it makes sense. That said, originally, we decided to go for an approach where the user had to handle himself the to_s part and raise an exception if something than a String was logged.
cucumber/common#897 (comment)

Should we also make the change in the other Cucumber implementations ?