From: Florian Gross <flgr@...>
Date: 2004-11-01T10:58:52+09:00
Subject: Re: New Ruby conditional semantics thoughts

Robert Klemme wrote:

>> This also allows change in behavior and more false
>> types to be added to ruby. This will help the with implementation of
>> DSLs using ruby.
> 
> Hmm...  I'm not sure whether I understand this: where exactly does it 
> help to have more "false" values when implementing DSL's?

It's quite useful for proxies. For example a WeakRef to false will not 
behave exactly like false. This is a bigger problem when you're trying 
to do some more exotic proxies. (This is needed for Junctions like they 
exist in Perl 6.)