From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2006-03-23T16:13:51+09:00
Subject: Re: what on earth..

Timothy Bennett wrote:
> ... I  also wish that it looked asymmetrical (maybe ==~ instead of ==, 
> though that would invite people to think of it in relation to =~,  which 
> probably wouldn't be good either).  Anyway, I think I'll be  able to keep 
> its role straight in my head.

Actually there is a conceptual relationship between === and =~ - it is a 
kind of matching. Regexp's === matches against strings, Range's === matches 
things inside its range. As far as case and === is concerned, it helps me to 
think of a class as something that matches instances in a similar way.

Cheers,
Dave