From: Chris Morris Date: 2003-03-04T05:12:03+09:00 Subject: Re: Prolly a simple question > w = nil > x = "foo" if w != nil # still assigns foo to x It doesn't for me: irb(main):001:0> w = nil nil irb(main):002:0> x = 'foo' if w != nil nil irb(main):003:0> x nil irb(main):004:0> VERSION "1.6.6" Chris http://clabs.org