From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2005-11-23T02:26:41+09:00
Subject: Re: semenatics of if/unless/while statement modifiers

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Stefan Kaes wrote:

> I find it rather inelegant to be forced into writing
>   if x = options[:x]
>     f(x)
>   end
> instead of
>  f(x) if x=options[:x]

You're not "forced" to do it like that.

You can do it this way:

  x=options[:x] and f(x)

And you can also do it this way:

  x=options[:x]; f(x) if x

Which brings me to the point that just because an expression has a
then..end or do..end block doesn't mean it has to be spread over three 
lines, and just because a line has got a semicolon doesn't mean it has to 
be spread over two lines. Resist the indentation nazis.

That is, unless you need to boost the KLOC count for money reasons.

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