From: Gavri Fernandez <gavri.fernandez@...>
Date: 2005-03-02T02:36:32+09:00
Subject: Re: for vs. each

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 04:54:58 +0900, Fear Dubh <feardubh@spam.spam> wrote:

> Is there any circumstance where it would be better to use "for"?

In eRuby templates when used with html. 
The each() construct just doesn't gel with html.

<%for item in @items%>
<tag>.........</tag>
<%end>

looks way better than

<%@items.each do%>
<tag>............</tag>
<%end%>

That though is just my opinion. Whatever makes you happy, folks :)

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Gavri
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