From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2009-02-19T18:03:49+09:00
Subject: Re: simple question re: ruby warning message

Alle Thursday 19 February 2009, Tom Cloyd ha scritto:
> I just set up my first ternary operator expression, and got a warning
> from Ruby, as a reward! I don't see what the problem might be:
>
> The expression:
> db_type= 'n' ? db = @nodes_h : db = @links_h
>
> The warning:
> ../lib/setnet/SN.rb:781: warning: string literal in condition
>
> I use string literals all the time in case statements, and other places,
> and have never had this objection.
>
> Can someone explain the problem to me? I cannot imagine what it might be.
>
> Thanks!
>
> t.

Ruby thinks you are likely to have written = instead of == in the condition. 

Stefano