From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2001-11-29T23:35:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26899] Re: short article draft for review

David,

thanks for the feedback :)


> To me, that doesn't illustrate iterator power very dramatically or
> clearly.  I guess it's iterating...

               ^^^^^^
Isn't it clearly iterating?

> but when I think of a Ruby
> iterator, I think of a method that iterates over something and
> "yield"s to a block. 


It should be very simple, being the second example.


> Yeah, like that :-)  My advice would be to include an example that
> involves an interator (without recursion), and then, if you think it's
> important, a recursion example.


But that's what I did:
An iteration example: very simple, without blocks or recursion;
then comes an example of recursion: with blocks passed around.

Or did you mean
1. iterator with block
2. recursion
?

I don't see the significant advantage there.


> One other thing: In method definitions, putting the arg list in parens
> might be a good idea.  (Personally I dislike the non-paren look,


me too

> but
> here I'm thinking of people who might like it ultimately but might be
> confused by it initially.)


I guess most people coming from other could like less parens.

Tobi


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