[LRUG] Comparable Null Objects

[Paul Makepeace]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Stephen Best <bestie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> events.sort_by { |e|
>   e.date { heat_death_of_the_universe }
> }
>

This to me is the clearest of the proposals (Tom's role idea is cool too).

For a null object you could also use... nil

  events.sort_by { |e|
    e.date || date_that_sorts_at_the_end  # (named to be clearer about intent)
  }

The whole discussion has been really interesting!

Paul