From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2007-11-17T01:52:35+09:00
Subject: Re: wondering about #tap (was: Re: Thoughts about Array#compact!, Array#flatten!, Array#reject!, String#strip!, String#capitalize!, String#gsub!, etc.)


On Nov 16, 2007, at 08:36 , Nikolai Weibull wrote:

> Yeah, that's a horrible example, but you [see] the point is valid.

No. I don't think we do see the point is valid.

I see two methods of the same length. One (unclever) is more readable  
than the other and executes (slightly) faster.

If anything, your point is entirely invalid imho. I think that was the  
point that David was bringing up.

Every time the discussion comes up, it eventually boils down to a lame  
example that isn't ever better than the original code. Reminds me of  
aspect oriented programming's "new programming paradigm to get better  
logging" problem (ie, "who cares?").