From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-01-17T23:31:15+09:00
Subject: Re: quick: it responds, it evaluates, and is not empty

Hi --

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Tom Sawyer wrote:

> On Thursday 16 January 2003 11:25 pm, Bulat Ziganshin wrote:
> >
> > ((not ameth.to_s.empty?) and ...) rescue 0
>

> thanks, this seems the most concise answer

However, it doesn't do what you originally were doing.  false.to_s is
"false" (not an empty string), so only testing ameth.to_s.empty? is
not the same as testing ameth for truth separately from testing
ameth.to_s for emptiness.


David

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