From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2008-04-11T14:37:01+09:00
Subject: Re: var = nil if false; p var.nil? #=> true | bug of the day ?

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Arie Kusuma Atmaja wrote:
| I tested it using Ruby 1.8.6 patch 111 and also Ruby 1.9.0 (revision
15968).
|
| var = nil if false
| var.nil? #=> true
|
| I actually saw it from tobi's blog, then I discussed with a perler who
| loves ruby as well, here's a copy paste. (Bottomline: is it a feature
| or a bug????)

irb(main):001:0> something = "something" if false
=> nil
irb(main):002:0> something_else = nil
=> nil
irb(main):003:0> something_else.class
=> NilClass
irb(main):004:0> exit

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