laurynasl/sequel — comment on commit 9b3722b5ff15810059e914641ffb39573012cd8a
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By jeremyevans:

IIRC, the reason for the existing code is related to the handling of NULL values. With the current code, rows where the value of column is NULL will have the result of the expression be NULL instead of FALSE.

I can see arguments for both the existing behavior and proposed behavior. Other than performance, do you have a reason to prefer the proposed behavior?

If you would like Sequel's behavior in this area changed, please post on the Sequel Google Group.