Following David''s suggestion, I''ve put the new
"conditional
validations" code in a separate ticket, abandoning #1196.
http://dev.rubyonrails.com/ticket/1324
This new code also accommodates David''s lambda request, e.g.:
validates_confirmation_of :email, :if => Proc.new { |user|
user.signup_step > 2 }
Duane Johnson
(canadaduane)