From: Jamis Buck <jamis_buck@...>
Date: 2005-03-02T05:19:11+09:00
Subject: Re: for vs. each


On Mar 1, 2005, at 10:36 AM, Gavri Fernandez wrote:

> 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 :)

It's definitely a matter of personal esthetics. To me, the #each 
invocation looks cleaner. :)

- Jamis