Hi Aldric, Am Samstag, 31. Okt 2009, 01:46:10 +0900 schrieb Aldric Giacomoni: > Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > String#notempty? > > Because some behavior is not there by default doesn't mean it's > a bias. That's what I wanted to say: I am convinced it should be there by default. It's just a few lines of code. It's pure logic when you have Numeric#nonzero? and it's very useful to build default values: str.notempty? || "(none)" # analoigous to SQL-coalesce() I guess it would be more useful than flip-flops or class variables. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de