From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2007-10-30T19:19:57+09:00
Subject: Re: what is the difference between two block?

From: Arul hari [mailto:hariharan.spc@rediffmail.com] 
# I wan to know the difference,I feel soething is there,but i 
# am not able  to findout the answers for this.

there is difference, but not much

> def f a,b
>    yield a,b
> end

precedence issue:

> f 1,2 {|x,y| p x,y}
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):33: syntax error, unexpected '{', expecting $end
f 1,2 {|x,y| p x,y}
       ^

> f 1,2 do|x,y| p x,y end
1
2

as always, it is safe by enclosing parameters w parens 


irb(main):035:0> f(1,2) {|x,y| p x,y}
1
2

irb(main):036:0> f(1,2) do|x,y| p x,y end
1
2

also, one-liner chain fans sees do-end as noisy and sensitive to spacing (since do-ends are keywords)

irb(main):037:0> [1,2,3].map{|x| 2*x}.map{|x|x+1}
=> [3, 5, 7]
irb(main):038:0> [1,2,3].map do|x| 2*x end.map do |x|x+1 end
=> [3, 5, 7]
irb(main):039:0> [1,2,3].mapdo|x| 2*x end.map do |x|x+1 end
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):39: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting $end
[1,2,3].mapdo|x| 2*x end.map do |x|x+1 end
                        ^

nonetheless, i like both. i particularly like do-end since i like typing fast without using shift. but if you have editors like textmate or similar, no need :)

kind regards -botp