From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-10-06T22:55:12+09:00
Subject: Re: nil being empty


Ohad Lutzky wrote:
> Show of hands - who thinks this is bad form?
>
> class NilClass
>   def empty?; true; end
> end

Put your hands down. Notice that everyone that says it's bad form is
doing so on purely ideological basis. I challenge them to show one good
_practical_ case where it's truly "bad". And no, purposefully expecting
a NoMethod error doesn't count --that IS bad form.

T.