From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2005-11-02T01:12:08+09:00
Subject: Re: "Readability" inflation


Ryan Leavengood wrote:
>
> I see your point, but:
>
> require 'enumerator'
>
> h = House.new
> h.enum_for(:each_bathroom).select {|b| ... }
>
> I *really* don't see how yours is much better. In fact, I'd argue the
> enumerator one is better because it is more explicit...anyone who
> knows how enumerator works can see what is happening. Only you, me and
> the people paying attention to this thread would understand what the
> EnumeratorArgs thing was doing.
>
> But I guess we will just have to agree to disagree, since we are both
> dragging this into one of those endless discussions threads that I
> dislike so much ;)

I see your point too. Enumerator, and things like #every, are starting
to come into their own. I wrote EnumerableArgs some time ago when the
clearest approach was a beefed up Mixin (we didn't even have #inject
yet). Like I said to David easlier, I think we will just have to get
used to this new paradigm of intermediate objects acting as "roles".
(And I have to admit I've propogated it mayself with the Functor
class). So to it's end may I then suggest:

  h.enumerate(:each_bathroom).select { ...

;)

ciao,
T.