Object#nil?

() -> false

obj.nil? → true or false

VALUE
rb_false(VALUE obj)
{
    return Qfalse;
}

Only the object nil responds true to nil?.

Example

Object.new.nil?   #=> false
nil.nil?          #=> true

See also #methods #object_id #method #private_methods also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0