From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2009-12-15T13:40:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Poll: Significant Indentation

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I just think we should try to avoid adding new exceptional situations to the
language. The simpler the language, the more elegant and easy to use, all
these "it works this way... except sometimes, but sometimes that's not the
case either" just bog everyone down.

I do hate the pyramid code I see fairly often:

class This
  class That
    def something
      call_method do |obj|
        obj.blah_blah do
          if condition
            puts 'Mt. Everest!'
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

I find it extremely difficult to figure out where I am, so I somehow manage
to avoid typing code like this. If whitespace is the solution, then I'm not
opposed to it, but having to remember "this little section has that little
identifier which means that whitespace is turned on this time, but the line
ended in a comma or slash or plus sign, so this line is actually a
continuation of the last line so whitespace doesn't matter on this line." is
just a weight on my ability to concentrate.

I need simple intuitive consistent rules that I don't have to look up
constantly, or make frequent exceptions to.

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