Re: [sc-users] as boolean

[thor <th.list@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12 May 2006, at 15:27, James Harkins wrote:

> What should 0.5.asBoolean return?

Nothing obviously. ( it's user error)

Or perhaps it should return "maybe" : )

> The problem is, different people might want different interpretations
> of which numbers should be "true," so... does it make sense to impose
> one person's view in the main class library?
>
> You can always add your own class extensions in ~/Library/Application
> Support/SuperCollider/Extensions so it will be available to you but
> not clutter the main distribution.

Yes, I know, but I thought it would be faster if this could be  
implemented
as a method in C and also that it could be useful.

Anyway, I'll just solve it with an if statement
cheers