From: Doug Glidden <41mortimer@...>
Date: 2008-08-30T03:42:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Class ===

Doug Glidden wrote:
> Robert Dober wrote:
> [snip]
>> Seriously #is_a? is more readable for sure but #=== has the advantage
>> to pinpoint the possibility of using a *case* statement.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Robert
> 
> OT:
> 
> All true, but also consider the fact that === requires one to remember 
> what it means (=== vs. ==), which is not particularly intuitive (as 
> opposed to is_a?, which is a term most students get drilled into their 
> heads pretty much the first day of their first OO programming course). 
> The confusion is further compounded by the fact that (if I remember my 
> JS correctly) the functionality of === and == in Ruby are exactly 
> reversed from their functionality in JavaScript.
> 
> Doug

Even more OT:

Of course, the beauty of Ruby is that they're both available, so you can 
use whichever one makes more sense to you!
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