From: David Heinemeier Hansson Date: 2005-02-22T22:19:02+09:00 Subject: Re: Proposal for nil, 0, and "" in an if statement > Here is a proposal for evaluating "", 0, and nil in an if statement: I'd be pretty happy to see that happen. It would make especially Ruby in view logic a lot easier to deal with. -- David Heinemeier Hansson, http://www.basecamphq.com/ -- Web-based Project Management http://www.rubyonrails.org/ -- Web-application framework for Ruby http://www.loudthinking.com/ -- Broadcasting Brain