From: "Jean-François Trân" <jftran@...>
Date: 2008-01-17T05:20:38+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby annoyances ... mine is line continuation, what's yours?

2008/1/16, scooterm@hotmail.com <scooterm@hotmail.com>:

> 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?

You can insert spaces before or after the dot, so for instance,
you can format your code to make the dots vertically aligned.

See : http://pastie.caboo.se/139710

So it's easy to check if a dot is missing.

   -- Jean-François.