Re: semenatics of if/unless/while statement modifiers

Ara.T.Howard wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Stefan Kaes wrote:
>
>> URABE Shyouhei wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 22 Nov 2005, at 15:57, Stefan Kaes wrote:
>>>
>>>> This doesn't solve the problem of accessing the hash twice and 
>>>> computing the hash of the lookup key twice. And it's even more text 
>>>> than before.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> f(options.fetch(:x){raise}) rescue nil
>>>
>>> Don't know if it's elegant though
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Neither elegant nor efficient. And don't ask me whether it's 
>> intuitive or understandable.
>
>
> i use this
>
>   harp:~ > cat a.rb
>   options = {:x => 42}
>   alias f puts
>
>   x = options[:x] and f x
>
>   harp:~ > ruby a.rb
>   42
>
> -a

I'm afraid I don't understand what you're driving at, although I have 
read the Hitchhiker's guide.

Maybe there's some fine irony hidden here, but I just don't get it.

Sorry.

-- stefan