puts 'foo' # => true?

[Eero Saynatkari]

Would it cause problems for Kernel.puts to return true
rather than nil? It is not a radical enhancement or anything
but it would enable things like this:

foo or puts 'No foo!' and exit

Would anyone's code break?


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[JB Eriksson]

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foo or (puts 'no foo!').nil?

Would it cause problems for Kernel.puts to return true
rather than nil? It is not a radical enhancement or anything
but it would enable things like this:

foo or puts 'No foo!' and exit

Would anyone's code break?


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