From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-07-26T03:28:49+09:00
Subject: Re: [PATCH] object.c ruby.h (fwd)

nobu.nokada@softhome.net writes:

> At Fri, 26 Jul 2002 02:55:28 +0900,
> Dave Thomas wrote:
> > Well, to me, a.true? would imply the same as a == true, which isn't
> > what it does. #to_b, however, implies a conversion to the mythical
> > Boolean type. :)
> 
> Hmmm, then a.t?.  It would be lispy...

Well, I guess the _ideal_ would be to have nothing, and to then have
assert have the same semantics for its parameter as regular
conditional contexts (that is, I _still_ think it is silly for assert
to check that its parameter is 'true' or 'false' when an 'if'
statement doesn't.. :)


Cheers


Dave