From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-05-17T03:17:46+09:00
Subject: Enumerable#collect and #select best practices

I need to collect the results of calling a method on each object in an 
Enumerable that defines that method. Currently, I have this:

   enum.collect{|obj| obj.a_method rescue nil }.compact

though this could also work:

   enum.select do |obj|
     obj.respond_to? :a_method
   end.collect{|obj| obj.a_method }

although that's a bit verbose.

Is there any best practices I should follow?


Daniel