persisted? should be able to return a truthy object

activerecord/test/cases/transactions_test.rb

@@ -370,23 +370,23 @@ def test_restore_active_record_state_for_all_records_in_a_transaction
       assert topic_2.save
       @first.save
       @second.destroy
-      assert_equal true, topic_1.persisted?
+      assert topic_1.persisted?, 'persisted'
       assert_not_nil topic_1.id
-      assert_equal true, topic_2.persisted?
+      assert topic_2.persisted?, 'persisted'
       assert_not_nil topic_2.id
-      assert_equal true, @first.persisted?
+      assert @first.persisted?, 'persisted'
       assert_not_nil @first.id
-      assert_equal true, @second.destroyed?
+      assert @second.destroyed?, 'destroyed'
       raise ActiveRecord::Rollback
     end
 
-    assert_equal false, topic_1.persisted?
+    assert !topic_1.persisted?, 'not persisted'
     assert_nil topic_1.id
-    assert_equal false, topic_2.persisted?
+    assert !topic_2.persisted?, 'not persisted'
     assert_nil topic_2.id
-    assert_equal true, @first.persisted?
+    assert @first.persisted?, 'persisted'
     assert_not_nil @first.id
-    assert_equal false, @second.destroyed?
+    assert !@second.destroyed?, 'not destroyed'
   end
 
   if current_adapter?(:PostgreSQLAdapter) && defined?(PGconn::PQTRANS_IDLE)