From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2009-02-03T01:44:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Conventions in ruby and the principle of least surprise

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On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>wrote:

>
> On Jan 27, 2009, at 02:08 , Damjan Rems wrote:
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>  My convention is use {} in oneliners. In all other examples I use
>> do..end.
>>
>
> I follow (and teach) the weirich method:
>
>  http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/BraceVsDoEnd.rdoc
>
> {} for block values I care about (think map), do/end for regular block
> sends (think each).
>
> I use {} for blocks that return values (think #map) and do/end for all
> other blocks (think #each).
>

Yes, it's the "I care about' that matters, a subtle distinction to the
weirich method, which I wrote about:

http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/articles/2007/10/02/ruby-blocks-do-or-brace

and Jim agreed in the comments.

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