From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-12-31T12:23:27+09:00
Subject: Re: super simple language enhancement


On Dec 30, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Alan Eden wrote:

> def say_hi
> |       if @names.nil?
> |       |    puts "..."
> |       elsif @names.respond_to?("each")
> |       |      # @names is a list of some kind, iterate!
> |       |      @names.each do |name|
> |       |      |  puts "Hello #{name}!"
> |       |      end
> |       else
> |       |      puts "Hello #{@names}!"
> |       end
> end
>

> Or is there a
> good reason why this isn't done that I'm missing?


def say_hi
   puts( @names ? [*@names].map{|nm| "Hello #{ nm }!"} : "..." )
end


that, and vim can do this for you already.

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
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