From: james@...
Date: 2002-04-05T16:00:22+09:00
Subject: RE: True equality?

> In if statements the values false and nil are false, and all
> other values are true.
>
> In the first case is clearly true by the above definition.
>
> The second and third case first evaluate the == expression and then
> apply if to the result. Now because 1==true => false, and true==1 =>false
> the if statement is clearly not executed. == means equality at
> the object
> level and is usually overridden. It should return true iff both arguments
> are the same object.

Got it.  Thanks.  I think I was expecting some implicit type conversion
that just doesn't happen (as, for example, with 1.0 == 1).


James


>
> - Einar Karttunen
>