From: John Maclean <jayeola@...>
Date: 2008-07-01T00:42:33+09:00
Subject: nested methods good or bad design

=begin
Hey chaps,

Is it bad practice to have nested methods? I'm sure that it would
result in messey/cluttered code. Does any one actually code like that
at all? Not really -essential- as everything is working, (even better
than), as expected without nested methods. Just would be nice to know
what the gurus andmy peers think on this one.

 - jjm
=end

class Foo
  def initialize(this, that, the_other) 
    @this = this
    ..
  end

  def method_1?
   # here I check for some criteria
   if %x[some_command] == "some criteria"
     @this = true
  end

  # every other method from here on depends on @this == true. Would be nice to be able to skip the remained of the code if @this != true

  def method_2
   # do all of this stuff if @this = true
  end