Forcing string comparisons, or When is "0" not 0?

[Mike Kerner]

yes, I know and it's great, like, what is the other one?  "is me"?

If we're going to leave "is a" as is, then let's come up with something
better than "is really a"

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> I'm not following all the nuances of this, but it seems you have laid the
> groundwork for a new operator: is useful
>
> if theVar is useful then...
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>
> > On Oct 15, 2015, at 10:07 AM, Mark Waddingham <mark at livecode.com> wrote:
> >
> > So, anyway, a couple of potential solutions (I think 'is really' is a
> useful compliment to the 'is really a' operators, the question is whether
> there is a nice syntax for is_string and whether it is a useful thing to
> have).
>
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