From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2005-05-13T03:38:17+09:00
Subject: Re: {} vs begin/end [was Re: object loops and what they return]

* Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> [2005-05-13 03:03:54 +0900]:

> Then, I'm often in the camp of inline-case users... how about you?

The camp I belong to here is what yields the best readability.
For example:

  # for returning short, simple expressions
  fred =
    case x
      when 'y' then true
      when 'n' then false
      else raise
    end

  # for doing multiple actions - usually no return value
  case x
  when 'y'
    do_long_compute_1
    do_long_compute_2
  when 'b'
    do_long_compute_3
    do_long_compute_4
  else
    raise
  end


-- 
Jim Freeze
Ruby: I can explain it to ya but I can't understand it fer ya.