From: Wayne Blair <wayne.blair@...>
Date: 2001-06-16T09:56:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:16522] Re: Smalltalk vs. Ruby

>From: "Avi Bryant" <avi@beta4.com>


> On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Wayne Blair wrote:
>
> >     Actually I might just take a moment to bring up one of my previous
points again. Syntax!
> >     Kent Beck showed me a very interesting phenominum in one of his
books. It's called the rectangle.
> >
> >     self connect: someLocation do:
> >         [:connection |
> >         ....
> >         ...
> >         ....]
> >
> >     instead of the more C-like structure
> >
> >     self connect: someLocation do: [
> >         :connection |
> >         ...
> >         ...
> >         ...]
> >
> >     which leaves an onimous [ hanging out in the middle of no where.
Ever since me and my collegues at work saw this [...] visually, we have
adopted it.
> >     It makes things easier on the eyes.  I really wish Ruby would let
> >     me start my blocks on the next line.
>
> Well, how about
>
> connect(someLocation) do
> |connection|
> ...
> ...
> end
>
> ?
>

Sure, but what we're saying is that this is easier to read:

connect(someLocation)
{ |connection|
...
}

OR

connect(someLocation)
do |connection|
...
end

JMHO

Wayne