From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2009-02-22T02:24:35+09:00
Subject: why not check for nil?

A post I ran across on a rails forum reads:

"Warning! DO NOT test for nil! This is a very bad coding practice. You
can use "if obj", but do not use "if obj.nil?" or whatever."

Is that generally true? Why? m.

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