From: Kirk Haines <khaines@...>
Date: 2006-06-16T21:06:42+09:00
Subject: API style preference?  a.b=c or a(:b=>c)

I'm writing a number of lines lately that look something like this:

DocRootNames = [nil,'docs','doc','htdocs','htdoc'].freeze unless 
const_defined? :DocrootNames

So, in my pre-cup-of-tea stupor this morning, I was thinking about ways to 
reduce the number of keystrokes to achieve that effect.

I came up with two slightly different approaches:

constant.DocRootNames = [nil,'docs','doc','htdocs','htdoc']

or

constant(:DocRootNames => [nil,'docs','doc','htdocs','htdoc'])


I'm vacilating about whether I actually want to do either of these or whether 
I should just drink my cup of tea and not worry about rewriting the ".freeze 
unless const_defined? :Foo" boilerplate over and over again, but putting that 
whole consideration aside, which API style do you all like better, and why?


Kirk Haines