From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2003-02-13T00:24:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Name for #=== based assertion

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 12:05:05PM +0900, nathaniel@NOSPAMtalbott.ws wrote:
> I've had several requests that an assertion based on #=== be added to
> Test::Unit. While I think it's a fine idea, I haven't yet found a name
> that seems to fit, so I thought I'd ask and see if anyone else can come
> up with something decent.

I've heard this operator called the "threequal" operator.

I've also heard it called the "case equality" operator (since it is used
by 'case').  I'm not sure if this is a good name, because /123/ ===
'foo123' has a truthful value, but I wouldn't call /123/ and 'foo123'
equal.

Paul