From: x1 <caldridge@...>
Date: 2006-10-19T14:06:38+09:00
Subject: Re: My first feeling of Ruby

I've never used it or new it existed and have now taken a note to
watch out for it should I ever have #@something in a "string".

Not that I know enough about ruby or development in general to speak
on it's validity, however I would be interest in seeing the actual
lines of code in the ruby source that checks the #@something syntax.
Could someone share it if it's not too much trouble?

Is the ruby logic something like this?
    if string contains "#@" and the text after the "@" (with some
delimiter) prefixed with an "@" is a variable, interpret it??

I cant see anyway this is what's being done because it seems horible
lol.. What does it actually do? Please share



On 10/18/06, Phrogz <gavin@refinery.com> wrote:
> Trans wrote:
> > Hal Fulton wrote:
> > > Trans wrote:
> > > > Also, I might suggest that matz/ruby do away with those shortcuts.
> > >
> > > Absolutely not.
> >
> > Becaue you like extraneous notations that are rarely used and
> > subsequently create less readiable code?
>
> What evidence do you have to support the claim that they are rarely
> used? Also, would you concede that "less readable code" is a subjective
> criticism?
>
> I personally use #@foo for every (as far as I know) instance variable
> I've included as a part of my own string interpolation code.
>
>
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