>>>>> "d" == dblack  <dblack / candle.superlink.net> writes:

d> I'm actually not in favor of having "kind_of?" branching recommended
d> in the FAQ at all, both for the reasons Dave has mentioned and because

 Well, you can remove it from the FAQ but you'll never stop ruby to do this 

pigeon% ruby -e 'File.open([])'
-e:1:in `open': wrong argument type Array (expected String) (TypeError)
        from -e:1
pigeon% 


Guy Decoux