Re: [Sc-devel] [approve] asBoolean

[Julian Rohrhuber <rohrhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The only thing that makes me wonder about this is the existence of 
> Boolean:binaryValue. This makes me think that it would be intuitive 
> if 0.asBoolean == false. But another solution would be a separate 
> booleanValue method.


ok, booleanValue is better.

0 -> false
Object -> true


> Don't know what's best...
>
> S.
>
> On 22 Dec 2007, at 18:47, Julian Rohrhuber wrote:
>
> > So many times I've come across the choice to either use a 
> > true/false pair (i.e. I have to check if nil separately) or use the 
> > formula if(x != true) ... (i.e. have no true inversion: (x == 
> > false) means something else than (x != true).not.
> >
> > my suggestion: asBoolean
> >
> > Object:asBoolean { ^true } // or false?
> > Nil:asBoolean { ^false }
> > Boolean:asBoolean { ^this }
> >
> >
> > then we write:
> >
> > if(x.asBoolean) { ... }
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> >
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