From: burke <b.libbey@...>
Date: 2006-03-23T11:58:51+09:00
Subject: Re: what on earth..

Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> a = 5
> puts  Fixnum == a.class   # spits out true
> 
> # spits out "Who knows what I am.  :-("
> case a.class
> when Fixnum
>   puts "I'm a fixnum!"
> else
>   puts "Who knows what I am.  :-("
> end
> 
> 
> What's going on here?
> 
> Joe
> 
> 

I'll admit I only started learning Ruby 3 days ago, so don't hold it
against me if I misguide you ;),  but I believe switch uses '===' to
compare, which I think is a more precise match...

5.class == Fixnum => true
5.class === Fuxnum => false

You might want to just use ifs instead.

Burke