From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2009-06-05T01:42:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Pythonic indentation (or: beating a dead horse)

On 4 Jun 2009, at 17:30, Caleb Clausen wrote:
> On 6/4/09, Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@games-with-brains.com> wrote:
>> On 4 Jun 2009, at 02:10, Caleb Clausen wrote:
>>> So why metaprogramming, particularly? Ahhh, is it because code
>>> generators may not take care to indent their generated code  
>>> properly?
>>> I know I've written code generators that do that...
>>
>> Precisely.
>>
>> We use code generation so often in mainstream Ruby code - and
>> sometimes in some pretty arcane ways - that the possibility of
>> introducing a whole new category of defect into the process concerns
>> me much more than typing 'end' ever could.
>
> OTOH, as I am a macro bigot myself, I'd have to argue the position
> that generating a bunch or ruby code to be passed to eval is the wrong
> way to go about it; equivalent macros should be used instead.... ;)

And I wouldn't disagree with you :)


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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