From: Lloyd Linklater Date: 2007-09-08T23:42:24+09:00 Subject: Re: #to_b - why isn't this one already in there? Phlip wrote: > Michael T. Richter wrote: > >> > > if foo == "false" >> > > >> > > can see the usefulness of this. >> > >> > In which locales? >> >> sorry? I don't know what you mean. > >> I think he was trying to gently point out that "false" is English, so it's >> likely to be the kind of problem only an English speaker would have. (Not >> that I can say I've ever had this problem of confusing false with "false" >> in *ANY* language. > > Si. This seems a bit silly to me. The language of Ruby is far more English than any other language. Would this be of any use: "false" == false.to_s -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.