From: Joshua Schairbaum <mailing-lists@...>
Date: 2008-01-17T04:54:20+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby annoyances ... mine is line continuation, what's yours?

Don't all sentences _end_ with punctuation?

On Jan 16, 2008, at 2:44 PM, scooterm@hotmail.com wrote:

> Just thinking how really smart Ruby is in most areas makes it all the
> more surprising when some of its "warts" start showing. Admittedly,
> the ones that appear are pretty minor, but still a tad irritating
> nonetheless.
>
> Line continuation is probably the biggest annoyance for me so far.
>
> Consider:
>
> puts 'cat :: dog :: elephant :: mouse :: gorilla'.
>     split('::').
>     map{|str| str.strip() }.
>     select{|str| str['o']}.
>     join("\n")
>
> If you ask "why is this an annoyance" ... it's because you have
> to put the period at the *end* of each item, even though some
> prefer to put it at the beginning. Why? Because it makes it easier
> to remember to put in the code, you dont have to scan a bunch
> of varying-length lines to see if you remembered to put the
> dot at the end, ... and don't even think about adding "line
> continuation escapes" like a backslash ... they're ugly and
> they suck.
>
> Anyone else have an annoyance they want to share? ... or better
> yet, a fix for this one? Speak up, get it off your chest.
>
> --salutations
>