From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-08-31T06:09:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Aesthetics of while ... do ... end versus while ...: ... end

Christian Neukirchen wrote:

> 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

Yes, but you can write it as

  while foo: bar; baz; quux end

Which, in my opinion, clearly separates the foo from the bar and the
baz.

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

And so is : or do after a while.  I have nothing against ; per se, but
in this case I'd rather use : or do,
        nikolai

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