That's exactly how Ruby behaves. | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		x3n0ph3n3 on Aug 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does all() return True if the iterable is empt... That's exactly how Ruby behaves.

michaelteter on Aug 25, 2023 [–]

Ruby and Python agree on the all/any functions, but they disagree on the if. And in the "if", I think the Ruby result is better.

earthboundkid on Aug 25, 2023 | [–]

JavaScript thinks empty arrays are true and it’s annoying because you have to write if (a.length) instead of if (a).

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact