From: Matthew Harris <shugotenshi@...>
Date: 2006-06-16T21:25:24+09:00
Subject: Re: API style preference? a.b=c or a(:b=>c)

I'm curious as to why you're in a position to check whether a constant
is defined in the first place.

On 6/16/06, Kirk Haines <khaines@enigo.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>


-- 
Matt