From: "ara.t.howard" Date: 2007-11-15T13:26:51+09:00 Subject: Re: Yielding an object and caring about the result: the cousin of Object#tap On Nov 14, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Daniel DeLorme wrote: > But you can *always* refactor code to fit a particular style. FC > wants to talk about the usefulness of Object#as in functional-style > code and Robert insists that Object#as is not needed in imperative > code. We clearly have a cultural barrier with the 2 sides talking > past each other. this seems pretty close to the mark. i realized that, for me, #as seems a bit too functional but, as i mentioned, i just need to use it a bit to decide. regards. a @ http://codeforpeople.com/ -- share your knowledge. it's a way to achieve immortality. h.h. the 14th dalai lama