From c135883d37d061dd52e15ea7d2c4d38361cf04fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zzak Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:11:53 +0000 Subject: * object.c (rb_obj_comp): Documenting Object#<=> return values Patch by Stefan Rusterholz git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@39414 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- object.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'object.c') diff --git a/object.c b/object.c index ceee4d47eb..76ff316543 100644 --- a/object.c +++ b/object.c @@ -1320,6 +1320,17 @@ rb_obj_not_match(VALUE obj1, VALUE obj2) * obj <=> other -> 0 or nil * * Returns 0 if obj === other, otherwise nil. + * + * The <=> is used by various methods to compare objects, for example + * Enumerable#sort, Enumerable#max etc. + * + * Your implementation of <=> should return one of the following values: -1, 0, + * 1 or nil. -1 means self is smaller than other. 0 means self is equal to other. + * 1 means self is bigger than other. Nil means the two values could not be + * compared. + * + * When you defined <=>, you can include Comparable to gain the methods <=, <, + * ==, >=, > and between?. */ static VALUE rb_obj_cmp(VALUE obj1, VALUE obj2) -- cgit v1.2.3