Comparison operations in case statements

Ruby
1

This looks kind of cute, as a way to mix class-matching tests with
comparison operator tests in case statements. Too bad it’s not really
practical (the commented out caching may help a bit, but may also use
too much memory):

class Comparator < Proc
def ===(val)
call val
end

def &(other)
compare do |val|
self[val] and other[val]
end
end
end

def compare
Comparator.new
end

class Numeric
#@comparator_lt = {}
def self.<(x)
#@comparator_lt[x] ||=
compare do |val|
self === val and val < x
end
end

#@comparator_gt = {}
def self.>(x)
#@comparator_gt[x] ||=
compare do |val|
self === val and val > x
end
end
end

raise unless (Numeric < 6) === 3
raise if (Integer < 6) === 2.3
raise if (Integer < 6) === “foo”

case 3
when (Numeric < 6) & (Numeric > 5); raise
when (Numeric < 0) & (Numeric > -10); raise
when (Numeric < 6) & (Numeric > 2)
else raise
end

2

On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

def self.>(x)
raise if (Integer < 6) === “foo”

Neat. Seems a little redundant though

raise unless Numeric === 3
case
when 3 < 6 and 3 > 5; raise
when 3 < 0 and 3 > -10; raise
when 3 < 6 and 3 > 2
else raise
end

I’m presuming nine times out of ten the variable you’ll run these
tests on will have less characters than Numeric for instance.

eg:
x = 3
raise unless Numeric === x
case
when x > 2; …
end