From: Timothy Bennett <timothy.s.bennett@...>
Date: 2006-03-23T11:59:15+09:00
Subject: Re: what on earth..

case uses === for comparison, not ==

In my irb, Fixnum === 5.class => false

As for why === gives false, I have no idea.  In the mean time, you  
could use

case a.class.to_s
when "Fixnum"
    puts ....
else
   puts ....
end

Tim


On Mar 22, 2006, at 6:51 PM, 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
>