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TrueClass & FalseClass => Boolean Comparable hack
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module Boolean | |
include Comparable | |
# true > false | |
def <=>(other) | |
raise ArgumentError, "Do not know how to compare #{other.class} with TrueClass and FalseClass" unless [TrueClass, FalseClass].include?(other.class) | |
other ? (self ? 0 : -1) : (self ? 1 : 0) | |
end | |
end | |
TrueClass.send(:include, Boolean) | |
FalseClass.send(:include, Boolean) | |
# [1] pry(main)> true < false | |
# => false | |
# [2] pry(main)> true > false | |
# => true | |
# [3] pry(main)> true > true | |
# => false | |
# [4] pry(main)> true == true | |
# => true | |
# [5] pry(main)> false == false | |
# => true | |
# [6] pry(main)> false > false | |
# => false | |
# [7] pry(main)> false < false | |
# => false | |
# [8] pry(main)> false < true | |
# => true | |
# [9] pry(main)> true.is_a?(Boolean) | |
# => true | |
# [10] pry(main)> false.is_a?(Boolean) | |
# => true | |
# [11] pry(main)> [true, false, false, true].sort | |
# => [false, false, true, true] | |
# [12] pry(main)> [true, false, false, true].sort.reverse | |
# => [true, true, false, false] |
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