From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2008-05-28T00:29:15+09:00 Subject: Re: Directionality of comparasion operators On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Tobias Weber wrote: > In article <481BDC1C-C183-43C0-80B0-CA2B5C50FFD2@mwilden.com>, > Mark Wilden wrote: > >> Cxx), I can buy that === is an extension of that. In any case, what's >> a better name? "The case matching operator" doesn't exactly trip off > > = assignement > == equality > === likeness? No, I don't think that 3 is like the range (0..5) or 1.2 is like the class object Float or "abc" is like the regexp /.../ or /[abc]{3}/ or ... perhaps === means something more like "recognizes as one of its own." -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/