From: "matecsaj (John Matecsa)" Date: 2013-01-06T06:11:05+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:51252] [Ruby 1.8 - Bug #7655][Open] range interval test does not consider string length Issue #7655 has been reported by matecsaj (John Matecsa). ---------------------------------------- Bug #7655: range interval test does not consider string length https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7655 Author: matecsaj (John Matecsa) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: build Target version: Ruby 1.8.7 ruby -v: ruby 1.8.7 (2012-02-08 patchlevel 358) [universal-darwin12.0] >> ('aaaaaa'..'zzzzzz') === 'count' #is count a 6 letter word? => true IMHO the result should be false ran code in irb -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/