From: Peter Szinek <peter@...>
Date: 2006-05-10T15:25:18+09:00
Subject: Re: non-static way to get the filename?

> I'm confused.  You're saying File.basename(file) is *too verbose*?  Or
> have I misunderstood?
> 
> You can't get much more terse than File.basename without getting cryptic
> imho.

Well, for me

file.basename

is not cryptic. Maybe for someone it is... However, consider this snippet:

1)
File.copy(File.join(INPUTDIR,File.basename(f)),
           File.join(OUTPUTDIR,File.basename(f))

For me it is too verbose, i would like to see something along the lines of

2)
File.copy(INPUTDIR, f.basename,
           OUTPUTDIR, f.basename)

(semantics: File.join the 1st param with the 2nd and the 3rd with the 
4th and copy joined_1 to joined_2).

or even

3)
File.copy(File.join(INPUTDIR, f.basename),
           File.join(OUTPUTDIR, f.basename))

would be better,

Which example do you find more readable? Is 2) too cryptic for you? Well 
i have to say that coming from Java (or even Python - i am coming from 
both) there are *far more* cryptic things in Ruby than any code snippet 
in this thread.

Cheers,
Peter