From: Timothy Bennett <timothy.s.bennett@...>
Date: 2006-03-23T12:08:27+09:00
Subject: Re: what on earth..

> case doesn't use == you can do this:
>
> a = 5
>
> case a
> when Fixnum
>   puts "I'm a fixnum"
> else
>   puts "other"
> end
>
>
> ratdog:~/tmp mike$ ri Module#===
> -------------------------------------------------------------  
> Module#===
>      mod === obj    => true or false
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --
>      Case Equality---Returns +true+ if _anObject_ is an instance of
>      _mod_ or one of _mod_'s descendents. Of limited use for modules,
>      but can be used in +case+ statements to classify objects by  
> class.
>

Ok, out of the three of us that responded, Mike is the one who knows  
what he's talking about most.  Listen to him.

Tim