From: Josselin <josselin@...>
Date: 2007-07-20T06:49:59+09:00
Subject: Re: array sort_by with nil elements

On 2007-07-19 14:56:40 +0200, Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@gmx.net> said:

> Robert Klemme wrote:
>> This does not work.
>> 
>> irb(main):003:0> [nil].sort_by {|it| it.send(:length) || 0}
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> robert
> 
> According to him, his problem is not the *element* being nil, but the
> *method called upon* returning nil. So yes, this does work for the
> problem he describes.
>>> problem arise when one criteria like the user.name is nil
> 
> Regards
> Stefan

yes you're right , I did not mention it (even thought...) the element 
'user' always exist... but user can have nil display_name....

thanks to all , I keep that in my book !