Ruby Issue Tracking System

10/27/2016

11:17 PM Ruby master Feature #12012: Add Boolean method

You can use **`wannabe_bool`** gem: https://github.com/prodis/wannabe_bool prodis (Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim)

11:14 PM Ruby master Feature #11848: New #to_b method for String, Symbol, Numeric, NilClass, TrueClass and FalseClass.

Andrew Vit wrote:
> I've had to do this in a few places over the years myself:
>
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> TRUTHY_VALUES = [true, ... prodis (Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim)

12/20/2015

02:18 PM Ruby master Feature #11848: New #to_b method for String, Symbol, Numeric, NilClass, TrueClass and FalseClass.

The idea of ***to_b*** method is inspired in Rails and Swift:
* ActiveRecord::Type:Boolean in Rails:
https://gith... prodis (Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim)

12/19/2015

05:06 PM Ruby master Feature #11848 (Rejected): New #to_b method for String, Symbol, Numeric, NilClass, TrueClass and FalseClass.

New ***to_b*** method converts **strings**, **symbols**, **numbers** and **nil** values in a **boolean** value.
**... prodis (Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim)