Rails (or Ruby): Yes/No instead of True/False

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There isn’t something in Rails.

A better way than adding to the true/false classes to achieve something similar would be to make a method in ApplicationHelper:

def human_boolean(boolean)
    boolean ? 'Yes' : 'No'
end

Then, in your view

<%= human_boolean(boolean_youre_checking) %>

Adding methods to built-in classes is generally frowned upon. Plus, this approach fits in closely to Rails’ helpers like raw().

Also, one offs aren’t a great idea as they aren’t easily maintained (or tested).

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