Not using is_ is idiomatic: http://devblog.avdi.org/2011/04/07/rspec-is-for-the-literate/ (look for 'There is a different, but related, effect of using RSpec.')
Every Ruby object is truthy or falsey, and so treating them all as possibly boolean is 100% okay as far as I'm concerned. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.