From: Brian Adkins <lojicdotcom@...>
Date: 2007-12-12T23:25:03+09:00
Subject: Re: opposite .nil?

On Dec 11, 7:02 pm, Ken Bloom <kbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a more readable construct:

Hmm... maybe 'readable' is in the eye of the beholder ;)

> def should_this_be_done?
>   am_I_sure?  and my_object and not my_object.var.nil?
> end

Folks should be aware of the difference in precedence. In particular,
&& has a higher precedence than =, but 'and' has a lower precedence
than =.

> You're not forced to program Ruby like it's C.

Agreed

>
> --Ken