From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2009-04-29T12:40:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Can this code be more succinct

On Apr 28, 9:45 pm, RichardOnRails
<RichardDummyMailbox58...@USComputerGurus.com> 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?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Richard

Thank you both for your generous, expert advice.

Here are two statements I now have in my app instead of my former,
convoluted and heavily parenthesizes statements:

http://www.pastie.org/462055

With gratitude,
Richard