another nil concern

[Nasir Khan]

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irb(main):012:0> nil =~ /foo/
=> false

Should'nt it return nil instead?

BR
nasir

 

[Peña, Botp]

From: Nasir Khan [mailto:[email protected]]=20
# irb(main):012:0> nil =3D~ /foo/
# =3D> false
#=20
# Should'nt it return nil instead?

depends on the beholder.

:~$ qri =3D~
---------------------------- Multiple choices:

Gem:ependency#=3D~, Gem:latform#=3D~, Object#=3D~,
REXML::Light::Node#=3D~, RegAnd#=3D~, RegOr#=3D~, Regexp#=3D~, =
String#=3D~

:~$ qri object#=3D~
--------------------------------Object#=3D~
obj =3D~ other =3D> false
--------------------------------
Pattern Match---Overridden by descendents (notably Regexp and
String) to provide meaningful pattern-match semantics.


so you probably want,

/foo/ =3D~ nil

=3D> nil


and if failing is divine, try #match

/foo/.match nil

=3D> nil

nil.match /foo/

NoMethodError: undefined method `match' for nil:NilClass