From: Julian Leviston <julian@...>
Date: 2007-05-18T18:07:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Why not adopt "Python Style" indentation for Ruby?

Actually,

Isn't end repeating yourself full stop?

Do we really need it?

Julian.

On Fri, 18 May 2007 16:25:03 +0900
  Chris Dew <cmsdew@googlemail.com> wrote:
> As far as I can see, the 'end' keyword is 'repeating yourself' when
> used with properly indented code.
> 
> class Foo
> 
>  def bar(value)
>    if value < 7
>      puts "hello"
>    else
>      puts "world"
>    end
>  end
> 
>  def foobar
>    puts "foobar"
>  end
> 
> end
> 
> could be
> 
> class Foo
> 
>  def bar(value)
>    if value < 7
>      puts "hello"
>    else
>      puts "world"
> 
>  def foobar
>    puts "foobar"
> 
> with no reduction in meaning, yet 25% fewer lines of code.
> 
> 
> What are the reasons why this isn't used/implemented/liked?  It would
> be a small change to the interpreter.  Enabling meaningful indentation
> would only make 'end' optional, not invalid; backwards compatibility
> wouldn't be a problem.
> 
> (I use both Ruby and Python.  I think indentation is one of the few
> *language* features where Python leads Ruby.)
> 
> If this post generates a positive response, I'll make a patch for Ruby
> 1.9.
> 
>