From cb90b90cbf60c774b6ada77282faecff32540921 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 11:06:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] nothing converted to string should return nothing and not
 fail (#3459)

---
 crates/nu-command/src/commands/into/string.rs | 1 +
 crates/nu-command/src/commands/str_/from.rs   | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/into/string.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/into/string.rs
index 0b1ca9ae5f..d0c33afca2 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/into/string.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/into/string.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ pub fn action(
                 let byte_string = InlineShape::format_bytes(*a_filesize, None);
                 byte_string.1
             }
+            Primitive::Nothing => "nothing".to_string(),
             _ => {
                 return Err(ShellError::unimplemented(
                     "str from for non-numeric primitives",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/str_/from.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/str_/from.rs
index b3f3fb6128..e23ef2e922 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/str_/from.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/str_/from.rs
@@ -132,10 +132,12 @@ pub fn action(
                 let byte_string = InlineShape::format_bytes(*a_filesize, None);
                 byte_string.1
             }
+            Primitive::Nothing => "nothing".to_string(),
             _ => {
-                return Err(ShellError::unimplemented(
-                    "str from for non-numeric primitives",
-                ))
+                return Err(ShellError::unimplemented(&format!(
+                    "str from for non-numeric primitives {:?}",
+                    prim
+                )))
             }
         })
         .into_value(tag)),