From: Christopher Dicely <cmdicely@...>
Date: 2008-04-20T04:48:14+09:00
Subject: Re: if behavior

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Qwe Qwe <frea@email.com> wrote:
> ehm great
>
>     if true then
>       @users = User.find( :all )
>     else
>       @users = User.find( :all )
>     end if
>     1
>     respond_to do |format|
>       format.html # index.html.erb
>       format.xml  { render :xml => @users }
>     end
>
>  works, but commenting out 1
>
>     if true then
>       @users = User.find( :all )
>     else
>       @users = User.find( :all )
>     end if
>     respond_to do |format|
>       format.html # index.html.erb
>       format.xml  { render :xml => @users }
>     end
>
>  makes the if not evaluated.
>
>  why?

see "If and unless modifiers", on this page:
http://www.rubycentral.com/pickaxe/tut_expressions.html