From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2009-04-29T11:04:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Can this code be more succinct

RichardOnRails wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I like to use the following form for handling error situations:
> 
> (   puts "ERROR: Long msg";
>     exit)  if some_boolean _expression
> 
> I want the multiple form because the error messages are often long and
> sometimes multi-line.
> 
> Is there any way to improve it by getting rid of the parentheses?

if some_boolean_expression
   puts "ERROR: Long msg"
   exit
end #SCNR


Seriously, though, what about this:

   abort "ERROR: Long msg " +
     "more message" if true

or

   abort %{
     line 1
     line 2
   } if true

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