From: Dominik Bathon <dbatml@...>
Date: 2005-10-30T04:50:57+09:00
Subject: Re: "Readability" inflation

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:07:05 +0200, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Dominik Bathon wrote:
>
>> So, what we really need is the implicit block variable, because it can  
>> do
>> all that ;-)
>>
>> ary.sort_by { it.meth }
>>
>> ary.sort_by { it.meth(foo, bar, wack!) }
>>
>> and even:
>>
>> ary.sort_by { some_hash[it] }
>
> Uh oh...
>
>   ary.whatever_by { |it1, it2| ... }
>
> Now we're one step away from the from "ducking" it all:
>
>   ary.whatever_by { %1.foo ... %2.bar }

Maybe

ary.whatever_by { it[0].foo ... it[1].bar }

because block variables use multiple assignment anyway.

But I would use the implicit version only for really simple things. If  
there are multiple block variables, then please name them.

Dominik