From: Esmail <ebonak_delme@...>
Date: 2007-08-27T08:10:04+09:00
Subject: Re: How can I make this if/else more succinct?

Logan Capaldo wrote:
> On 8/24/07, eggie5 <eggie5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Actually how can this be more succinct?
>>
>>       Video.find(:all).each do |video|
>            ext = %w(_3gp _3g2 mp4).find { |m| video.send(m) == 1
> }.to_s.sub(/\A_?(.+)\z/, '.\\1')
>>         expected.push "#{self.id}_#{video.id}#{ext}"
>>       end

this is not meant as a flame, but this reminds me of the
"write only" code I used to see when I programmed in C.

If given the choice between the two, I would prefer the
original as it's easily comprehensible and to modify.

One of the things I like about Python and Ruby is that they
encourage/enable clean readable code, so I find the above
going against the design philosophy of the language.

Comments? Please, I am not looking for an argument here.