[ruby-core:76111] [Ruby trunk Feature#12515] Create "Boolean" superclass of TrueClass / FalseClass
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2016-06-23 02:51:02 UTC
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Issue #12515 has been updated by Loren Segal. edit: as a sidenote, adding a Boolean class to Ruby-core is unlikely to break any of the linked code, because Ruby is just defining an empty Boolean class. Existing libraries will just re-open the class as normal. ---------------------------------------- Feature #12515: Create "Boolean" superclass of TrueClass / FalseClass https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12515#change-59316 * Author: Loren Segal * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- Since Ruby 2.4 is unifying Bignum/Fixnum into Integer (https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12005), it seems reasonable to do something similar for TrueClass / FalseClass, and create a proper Boolean hierarchy. The implementation would be fairly straightforward and should be back compat unless someone already has a "Boolean" class at toplevel out there. Given the compatibility implications of Integer, this Boolean proposal is even less intrusive. Sample implementation: ~~~ class Boolean < BasicObject; end class TrueClass < Boolean; end class FalseClass < Boolean; end ~~~ -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: <mailto:ruby-core-request@ruby-lang.org?subject=unsubscribe> <http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-core>