From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2005-08-31T01:03:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Aesthetics of while ... do ... end versus while ...: ... end

Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@rawuncut.elitemail.org> writes:

> Christian Neukirchen wrote:
>> 
>>   while predicate?; code; end
>
> I'd rather use : or do than ; here.  My question was with regards to
> putting the whole while on one line, yes.

I disagree, and I don't see why everyone hates the semicolon.

I think it is more consistent to write

  while foo; bar; baz; quux; end

than to write

  while foo: bar; baz; quux; end

because, after all, this is not allowed:

  while foo: bar: baz: quux: end

";" just means the same as a newline, and is meant to be used that
way, YMMV.

>         nikolai
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