Hi --
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Jeff wrote:
>
> matthew deiters wrote:
>> Ever need to do !object.nil? - I do and frequently. This patch is
>> basically rolling up an extension i end up adding to every project i
>> work on.
>
> Um... why not just do
>
> if object ....
>
> Should be the same as !object.nil?, right?
Almost. The edge case is when object is false. !false.nil? is true,
but the if test will fail. It's unusual for that case to matter,
though it's not impossible that it could.
David
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