From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-09-07T04:51:00+09:00
Subject: Re: any way to write it in one line ?

Hi --

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, William James wrote:

> On Sep 6, 1:17 pm, Erwin <yves_duf...@mac.com> wrote:
>>      works =  Array.new
>
> works = []
>
> Instead of
>
> name = String.new
>
> one says
>
> name = ""

I tend to use the literal constructors, but either technique is OK. I
believe some people like to use Array.new consistently since sometimes
they actually need it (with arguments).


David

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