From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2006-10-29T07:57:20+09:00
Subject: Re: nil.to_s != "nil"

On 10/28/06, Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com> wrote:

> Of course there's _tons_ of code out there that relies on nil.to_s being
> the empty string. I don't expect it will change anytime soon.

Besides, we already have syntax that prevents this from being terribly
ugly anyway.

>> @foo = ""
=> ""
>> @foo.nil?
=> false
>> @foo.empty?
=> true


I like knowing the difference between an empty string and an undefined value.