From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-08-18T07:45:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question

On 8/17/05, David Douthitt <ssrat@mailbag.com> wrote:
> James Edward Gray II wrote:
> > The difference is in binding.  {...} binds tighter than do...end
> I ALWAYS use {} for block delimiters.
> 
> Serious question (which demands a serious answer): why would anyone
> want to use do ... end for blocks, anyway?
> 
> I'm sure there is a good reason to use them, I just don't know what it
> is.

Binding precedence. do/end has a lower binding than {}, which is part
of what makes Rake possible.

-austin
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