[rspec-users] any tricks re using " eql(5.5)", but where 5.5 is a decimal not float?

[Pat Maddox]

"Greg Hauptmann" <greg.hauptmann.ruby at gmail.com> writes:

> in fact I guess I was fishing for an easier way than this...if one
> exists?  or is ruby & rspec "eql()" just strict here in terms of
> types?
>
> On 11/7/08, Mark Wilden <mark at mwilden.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Greg Hauptmann <
>> greg.hauptmann.ruby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>     expected 6.5, got #<BigDecimal:23d8284,'0.65E1',8(8)> (using .eql?)
>>>
>>
>> How about just expecting BigDecimal('5.5')?
>>
>> ///ark
>>

I'm not sure if you got my email before, but 6.5 ==
BigDecimal.new('6.5').  So use == instead and you should be good.

Pat