From: murphy <murphy@...>
Date: 2007-11-13T04:54:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Time#== bug?

Jim Weirich wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2007, at 12:09 PM, Berger, Daniel wrote:
>> Looks like Time#== always returns nil when compared against an invalid
>> type. All the other Comparable operators return an ArgumentError:
> I don't think it should ever be an error to ask if an object is equal to
> any other object.  Nil (or false) would be the correct response in the
> example you gave.
not all Comparable operators: the funny thing is that Time.now <=> 0
returns nil, too...I would expect it to throw an error. but "" <=> :foo
and 4.3 <=> // also return nil, so I guess it's by design.
[murphy]