Feature #11627: make `nonzero` an alias of `nonzero?`

• Status: Assigned
• Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
• Target version: -

for historic reasons nonzero? returns self or nil. (according to https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9123)

I like the expectation that method? returns true and false.
That nonzero? returns only truthy/falsy values would be fine, except using its return values are useful.

value.nonzero? || calculation or (a <=> b).nonzero? || a.subvalue <=> b.subvalue

I would feel more comfortable with value.nonzero || calculation even though it is only one character different.

Yes, it's a small thing, but I like ruby for the small things :)

Thanks.

[marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune)]

• Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

When you say "for historic reasons nonzero? returns self or nil", it sounds like it was a mistake that can't be fixed for compatibility reason. I don't believe this to be true.

Also, do you also want Module#< and al. to be renamed?

String < Fixnum # => nil

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

• Project changed from 14 to Ruby

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned