From: David Tillman <dtillman@...>
Date: 2001-08-08T03:02:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19305] Re: Speaking of the ternary operator....


>>>> David Alan Black <dblack@candle.superlink.net>
<various snippage>

> You could take advantage of your ability to manipulate the default
> value of a hash:

>  h = args[1]         # save some typing :-)
>  h.default = false   # or just leave as nil, if that works
>
>  @border    = h[H_border] || 0
>  @align     = h[H_align]
>  @spacing   = h[H_spacing]
>  # ...
>  @format    = h[H_format] || []


  Doh!  Yes, that will work very well.

  It looks like I should spend less time coding and more reading
  the docs - you know, 3 weeks in the lab can save 3 hours in the
  library...

  -Dave

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