From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2005-04-22T23:01:59+09:00
Subject: Re: for .. in .. else?


Adam Keys said:
> I agree the {} block looks more like something that yields a value than
> do..end.  I think I had it that way at first but the line spilled over
> past column 80 so I changed it to a do...end, which I use when a block
> spans multiple lines.  Is that a common idiom or am I unique in this
> regard?

It is a common convention, but not the only one.  An alternate convention
(which I follow tend to follow) is to use {} for blocks that return values
and do/end for blocks that do not.

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