From: "AaronLasseigne (Aaron Lasseigne)" <redmine@...>
Date: 2012-03-31T12:25:36+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:43992] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6180] to_b for converting objects to a boolean value


Issue #6180 has been updated by AaronLasseigne (Aaron Lasseigne).


I understand that the Ruby way leans on true and false like values rather than a strict use of true and false. The use case here is encapsulating data that you might not want to expose when returning from a "?" method and, at an individuals discretion, creating a less verbose return value that is slightly easier to read when debugging. In my opinion to_bool is a more consistent and understandable type conversion than "!!" in these situations. This is a fairly minor request and probably not worth more discussion. Thank you everyone for reviewing it in a timely manor.

P.S. Matz, congrats on your recent award.
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Feature #6180: to_b for converting objects to a boolean value
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6180#change-25514

Author: AaronLasseigne (Aaron Lasseigne)
Status: Rejected
Priority: Normal
Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
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.


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