Handle weird objects that return nil on inspect

lib/ap/awesome_print.rb

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class AwesomePrint
   # Catch all method to format an arbitrary object.
   #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   def awesome_self(object, appear = {})
-    colorize(object.inspect << appear[:with].to_s, appear[:as] || declassify(object))
+    colorize(object.inspect.to_s << appear[:with].to_s, appear[:as] || declassify(object))
   end
 
   # Dispatcher that detects data nesting and invokes object-aware formatter.

spec/awesome_print_spec.rb

@@ -405,4 +405,16 @@ EOS
   end
 
 
+  #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "Misc" do
+    it "handle weird objects that return nil on inspect" do
+      weird = Class.new do
+        def inspect
+          nil
+        end
+      end
+      weird.new.ai(:plain => true).should == ''
+    end
+  end
+
 end