From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-01-14T02:37:08+09:00
Subject: Re: return_on


Devin Mullins wrote:
> Trans wrote:
> > funny thing i just came across a similar case for break. how would you
> > DRY this up and get rid of 'result'?
> >
> >     result = nil
> >     files.each do
> >       result = require file
> >       break if result
> >     end
> >     if result
> >       ...
>
> Well, this is much easier:
>
> if files.any? {|file| require file }
>    ...

Cool, I forget that #any? will break after the first true encounter. I
used #find as pit suggested (which can return any value actually). But,
that wasn't really my point. Such a solution breaks the analogy to the
original return case --whihc can't be DRYed-up that way.

T.