From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-05-19T20:44:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Rescue clauses on do/end blocks?

Austin Ziegler wrote:
> Blocks are blocks. Stylistically, some people prefer braces, some
> people prefer do/end. There are people who will do everything they can
> to make sure that they always use the same style. There are people who
> use {} for blocks that return a value (and the exception handler is
> *very* important there) and do/end for those that don't. There are
> people who use {} for one-liners and do/end for multi-liners.
> 
> The curly syntax is *not* just a shorthand. It has a different binding.

Personally, I wouldn't mind a distinction between the two. Maybe an 
official convention?


Daniel