From: bbiker <renard@...>
Date: 2007-12-12T15:27:03+09:00
Subject: Re: opposite .nil?

On Dec 11, 3:03 pm, Andrew Stone <stoneli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Note:  parts of this message were removed by the gateway to make it a legal Usenet post.
>
> > 1) No such opposite-of-nil? method exists. If you want it, add it.
>
> Thanks for actually answering my question.  Much appreciated.
>
> 2) In the particular example above (which I realize is just an> example) you could write that as:
>
> >  def should_this_by_done?
> >    am_I_sure? unless !my_object || my_object.var.nil?
> >  end
>
> > But, of course, that just moves the negation.
>
> Sure, I was just looking for a more readable construct.  Thanks again for
> your reply.
>
> --
> Andrew Stone

what about

def should_this_be_done?
  am_1_sure? && my_object.var  && my_object.var
end

KISS