From: Amos King <amos.l.king@...>
Date: 2006-10-31T00:16:50+09:00
Subject: Re: true.to_i

I don't see a problem with it.  There is no to_i for either class so
you wouldn't be overwriting any functionality there.  I would say gtg.

On 10/30/06, Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am processing database rows and I see that there are "bit" columns
> that come out of ActiveRecord as true or false. I wanted binary digits
> so I did this:
>
> class FalseClass
>   def to_i
>     0
>   end
> end
>
> class TrueClass
>   def to_i
>     1
>   end
> end
>
> ..which may or may not be really dumb. So is it really dumb?
>
>
> --
> Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather
> than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always
> astounded me. We long for a caring Universe which will save us from
> our childish mistakes, and in the face of mountains of evidence to the
> contrary we will pin all our hopes on the slimmest of doubts. God has
> not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist.
>
> - Prokhor Zakharov
>
>


-- 
Amos King
USPS
Programmer/Analyst
St. Louis, MO