From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-08-12T13:49:27+09:00
Subject: Re: using case with classes

>>     def test( obj )
>>         case obj
>>            when Array then puts "Array"
>>            when Hash  then puts "Hash"
>>            when Class then puts "Class"
>>            else puts "ugh"
>>         end
>>     end
>
> How about
>
> def test(obj)
> 	if [Array, Hash, Class].include?(obj.class) then
> 		puts obj.class.to_s
> 	else
> 		puts "ugh"
> 	end
> end
>
> I suspect that the case statement may be faster.
>

How about

  def test(obj)
    puts \
      case obj
      when Array, Hash, Class then obj.class
      else; "ugh"
      end
  end

?

Gavin