Issue #9123 has been updated by BertramScharpf (Bertram Scharpf). I know I'm boring, but it is still my opinion that there should be a String#notempty? corresponding to Numeric#nonzero?. ---------------------------------------- Feature #9123: Make Numeric#nonzero? behavior consistent with Numeric#zero? https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9123#change-43002 Author: sferik (Erik Michaels-Ober) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: Numeric#zero? returns true or false, while Numeric#nonzero? returns self or nil. I've written a patch that fixes this inconsistency and adds a Numeric#nonzero (non-predicate) method that returns self or nil for chaining comparisons. I'd like for this to be included in Ruby 2.1.0. https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/452.patch -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/