From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-07-08T01:09:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Float#==. Legacy?

On Sat, 8 Jul 2006, Tim Pease wrote:

> Martin, I like the syntax.  To make it more like Float#==
>
> class Float
> def =~( other )
>   epsilon_eql?(coerce(other), EPSILON)
> end
>
> def epsilon_eql?( other, epsilon )
>   return false unless other.instance_of? self.class
>   ((other-self)/other).abs <= epsilon
> end
> end
>
> I think this gives the best of both worlds.  A simple =~ syntax for
> using the default epsilon, and the slightly less elegant epsilon_eql?
> syntax when you want to sepcify your own.
>
> Blessings,
> TwP

hi guys-

i've written this at least 10 times - how bout an rcr?

-a
-- 
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makes the suffering disappear.
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