From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-12-05T09:28:51+09:00
Subject: Re: help, my  'case/when' code doesn't work

cremes.devlist@mac.com wrote:
> 
> Sheesh! I *knew* it was something easy. I feel like a dope...
> 

Don't feel like a dope. That is fairly subtle.

Consider this code:

   x = foo
   y = foo

   case x
     when y
       puts "yes"
     else
       puts "no"
   end

When would you ever expect this to print "no"?

In most cases, it will print yes. If foo is a class,
it will print no.


Hal