From: "drbrain (Eric Hodel)" Date: 2012-03-21T10:15:47+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:43509] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6180] to_b for converting objects to a boolean value Issue #6180 has been updated by drbrain (Eric Hodel). It is even shorter if you just omit the !! or the to_b altogether: $ ruby20 -e'puts RubyVM::InstructionSequence.compile(%[foo]).disasm' == disasm: @>========== 0000 trace 1 ( 1) 0002 putself 0003 send :foo, 0, nil, 24, 0009 leave For ruby, it will Just Work to return the object in a method ending in a ?. There's no need to explicitly convert to a boolean value. ---------------------------------------- Feature #6180: to_b for converting objects to a boolean value https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6180#change-24990 Author: AaronLasseigne (Aaron Lasseigne) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: When a boolean return value is required it has become common practice is to use "!!" to convert the object. It would be more consistent to provide a "to_b" method on Object. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/