From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-10-28T02:05:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting (var = false) to return true?

Joe Ruby MUDCRAP-CE wrote:
> Farrel Lifson wrote:
>> On 27/10/06, Joe Ruby MUDCRAP-CE <joeat303@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> false causes problems with it too). I know I can just simply do this:
>>>
>>> --
>>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>>  def before_update
>>    @var = get_old_var_value || true
>>  end
>>
>> This returns get_old_var_value if it's not false (or nil) or true
>> otherwise. Is that what you need?
>>
>> Farrel
> 
> Nah, I need the value returned from the function to always be true. Hmm, 
> maybe this will work:
> 
> def before_update
>   (@var = get_old_var_value) || true
> end

In that case the code is too complicated.  Rather use

def before_update
   @var = get_old_var_value
   true
end

There is no point in having "||" or "or" here.

	robert