From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2007-06-17T05:54:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Error in ancestor?

On Jun 16, 2007, at 2:36 PM, Robert Dober wrote:

> On 6/16/07, Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@ameritech.net> wrote:
>> P.S. Why 'puts ancestors.inspect' instead of the simpler 'p  
>> ancestors'?
>
> Because output is shorter and more readable. I often get bitten by
> debugging output
> puts ary1
> puts ary2
> ### Where the heck does ary2 start?
>
> so I developed a reflex to use inspect for all kind of
> debugging/demonstrating output.
> I feel it is goo[df] practice.

But isn't 'p <expression>' shorthand for 'puts  
(<expression>).inspect'? If this is the case and AFAIK it is, then  
you just need to develop a new reflex to use p.

Regards, Morton