From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2007-04-13T22:20:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Idiom wanted (now hiring!)

On 13 Apr 2007, at 13:29, Robert Dober wrote:
> On 4/13/07, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 13.04.2007 13:07, Robert Dober wrote:
>> Certainly a lot more.  However, my main point was to simply store the
>> result of func(b) in another variable and reuse that.  Sometimes the
>> cool solutions are not without issues (see the other postings) and a
>> pragmatic solution can be better at times. :-)
> Sure no argument here.
> I just screwed up, I am touched that you have not even seen my  
> *serious blunder*
> a = x if x
> is kind of *not*
> a ||=x

I suspect we've all made that mistake at one time or another ;)

Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason