From: "Martin J. Dürst" Date: 2013-03-01T18:48:13+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:53065] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #7986] Custom case statement comparison method On 2013/03/01 17:42, trans (Thomas Sawyer) wrote: > One does not necessarily have the luxury of putting the classes in order. Consider a case that uses inheritance: [snip] > Now add a dozen or so additional classes and that is the use case I presently have. I'm of course not familiar with your problem or program, but a proliferation of case statements, or case alternatives, is usually taken as a sign that there is something more fundamental that needs to be improved. Regards, Martin.