From: James Britt Date: 2006-02-04T00:36:21+09:00 Subject: Re: ANDCALL / iff? / &? (was Re: ruby-dev summary 28206-28273) mathew wrote: >... > with a[1] > strip! > empty? > end > > or similar. Hopefully you get the basic idea anyway, and someone can > refine the semantics if they like it... I'm not too keen on terse syntax; clarity for the read takes precedence over ease for the writer. The 'with' syntax is more expressive. James