From: Kirk Haines <khaines@...>
Date: 2006-06-16T23:35:49+09:00
Subject: Re: API style preference? a.b=c or a(:b=>c)

On Friday 16 June 2006 6:29 am, Robert Klemme wrote:
> I'd just stick with
>
> DocRootNames = [nil,'docs','doc','htdocs','htdoc'].freeze
>
> Or, if you're paranoid
>
> DocRootNames = [nil,'docs','doc','htdocs','htdoc'].each {|x|
> x.freeze}.freeze
>
> Although freezing nil may have undesirable effects. No you need that
> nil in there?  If not you could even do

I actually do need that nil there, though the freezing is arguably superflous 
for my needs.  However, the whole point in that boilerplate is that I am 
checking const_defined? and not redefining the const if it is already 
defined.  If I eliminate the boilerplate, I eliminate typing the same same 
thing thing over and over again, but then the code generates piles of 
warnings that I don't care to generate, either.

But really, that's neither here nor there.  I mostly curious about people's 
stylistic preferences (and why the preference):

constant.Foo = :bar

or 

constant(:Foo => :bar)


Thanks,

Kirk Haines