From: Suraj Kurapati <snk@...>
Date: 2008-05-03T02:02:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9 wishlist

coderrr wrote:
> 2) two line if/while statements (like c):
> if true
>   p :true
> p :im_outside_of_if
> 
> I'm a huge fan of one liners like:
> x  if y
> 
> ... but sometimes it just doesn't fit on one line and you need to do
> if x ... end.   Needing an extra line for that end really really
> sucks.  Shouldn't we be able to do it C style and save a line?

IMHO a C-style single-line if statement is more trouble than it's worth. 
It makes me cringe every time I see such a thing in C/C++/Java code (I 
always put  braces around my code blocks, just like Perl requires).

Besides, who needs a C-style if when we have shell-style boolean 
expressions?

# example 1
true and
  p :true

p :im_outside_of_if

# example 2 -- beware of '&&' vs 'and' precedence
true &&
  (p :true)

p :im_outside_of_if
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