Checking if a value is assigned to a boolean variable in specs

Question

In specs bdd framework(http://code.google.com/p/specs), i can check if a value is assigned to a string or not using :

SomeClass.strVal == null mustBe false

Now, suppose the class has a boolean value boolVal. How to check if a value true or false was assigned to boolVal or not ?

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Ken Wayne VanderLinde · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-17T01:05:06.837

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Acccording to this page, the Boolean class derives from AnyVal. Therefore boolean is a value type and no boolean variable can be null. In fact, since Scala runs atop the java pplatform, it probably has the default value of false

In general, it is not good practice to leave variable uninitialized. When a variable is declared, give it a value. This alleviates the need to do these kinds of checks.

edited Feb 17 '11 at 01:05

answered Feb 16 '11 at 07:37

Ken Wayne VanderLinde

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Are you sure that default value for `Boolean` is `true`? I always thought that it's `false`. – tenshi Feb 16 '11 at 08:28
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sorry, I meant false but typed true. I need coffee it seems. – Ken Wayne VanderLinde Feb 16 '11 at 09:13

Checking if a value is assigned to a boolean variable in specs

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