On 9/9/06, Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram / gmail.com> wrote: > class NilClass > def empty?; true; end > end Because nil isn't empty. It isn't a container. It's not an array, hash, or string. Rails has a #blank? method -- which I've used this weekend -- but nil.empty? is a false question. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue / gmail.com * http://www.halostatue.ca/ * austin / halostatue.ca * http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/ * austin / zieglers.ca