From: Jim Freeze Date: 2008-10-09T05:58:09+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:19223] Re: [ANN] Ruby 1.9.1 feature freeze On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote: > Trans wrote: >> >> On the other hand, we could take a queue from '!' as in "!=" and >> write: >> >> assert_equal! >> >> Read it like "assert equal, NOT!" >> >> See http://www.spike.com/video/borat-not-joke/2782157 for cultural >> significance. > > I like this idea! Please no. This conflicts with the current meaning of ! being destructive and it is difficult to glance and see the difference between equal and equal!. -- Jim Freeze