From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2002-12-27T06:38:12+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.8.0 changes behavior of == in Comparable

On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 12:08:21AM +0900, Tim Hunter wrote:
> Running my unit tests with 1.8.0, I noticed that the behavior of == in
> Comparable has changed from 1.6.8 to 1.8.0. In 1.6.8, if <=> raises an
> exception, == catches it and returns false. In 1.8.0, == doesn't catch the
> exception.
> 
> This change seems reasonable, but I'd be interested in learning more about
> the reasoning behind it. Anybody care to comment?

See [ruby-talk:40612] and the following thread (particularly
[ruby-talk:40625] and [ruby-talk:40772]).

Paul