From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-06-13T04:49:01+09:00
Subject: Re: a matter of style

On 6/12/07, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
> Hi --
>
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Robert Dober wrote:
>
> >> Almost.  puts adds "\n" unless it's already there.  So these are
> >> equivalent:
> >>
> >>     print "hello\n"
> >>     puts "hello\n"
> > Right but do you remember when I stupidly changed your code from
> > puts a
> > to
> > puts a.join("\n")
> >
> > So this is another difference between print and puts, puts prints the
> > content of an array seperated by newlines. print does no such thing of
> > course.
> >
> >> particular, please have mercy and don't leave the parens out in method
> >> signatures.  Things like this:
> >>
> >>    def a b, c, d = 1
> >>
> >> read very strangely, at least to my eyes.
> > I love it, I *really* read it better like this. But I guess the
> > community rather puts parens :( and if you want to comply listen to
> > David.
> > Let us just have a look at the Ruby core as David suggests below
>
> Another little test:
>
> $ ruby -e 'puts
> ARGF.select{|f| f =~ /^\s*def\s\w+\s+\w+/}.size' $(ruby -e 'puts
> Dir["**/*.rb"]')
> 120
>
> $ ruby -e 'puts
> ARGF.select{|f| f =~ /^\s*def\s\w+\s+\w+/}.size' $(ruby -e 'puts
> Dir["**/*.rb"].reject {|fn| fn =~ /rexml/} ')
> 9
>
> :-)  I think Sean is skewing the graph :-
I love that guy... ;)
Seriously it would be stupid to advice a newby into a personal style
that is way off mainstream and I did not.
But I will not put parens around my defs because I feel that if Ruby
gives me this possibility and I like it I should use it.

Now when it comes to working in teams the whole story changes again...
most important thing being a *consistent* style. By adopting a style
close to mainstream that can be achieved easier....

That is why I feel that this discussion is important.


>
> David
>
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>

Cheers
Robert
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Robert