From: Yossef Mendelssohn <ymendel@...>
Date: 2007-12-12T04:28:10+09:00
Subject: Re: opposite .nil?

On Dec 11, 12:56 pm, "Andrew Stone" <stoneli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> if not my_var.nil?
>
> Thanks Justin.  I should have been more clear with the usage.
>
> def should_this_be_done?
>   am_I_sure?  && my_object.var  && !my_object.var.nil?
> end
>
> I just think it would read better if the last test was my_object.var.exists?
>
> thanks,
> andy
> --
> Andrew Stone

There's no reason to say  myobject.var && !my.object.var.nil?  Any
object that passes the first test is not nil.

The only reason to check  !obj.nil?  is if you want false to be an
accepted value.

--
-yossef