From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2010-01-10T18:27:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby editing style rules and recommendation?

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On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@marnen.org>wrote:

> > I've also started alternating them to make it clearer where blocks start
> > and
> > end.
> >
> > def whatever
> >   each { |obj|
> >     if obj < MID
> >       call_method
> >     else
> >       self.var = yield obj
> >       call_other_method
> >     end
> >   }
> > end
>
> Yuck!  That looks inconsistent to me.  It would also be an editing
> nightmare if you extract or introduce one level of nesting.
>

It's not mandatory, it's mostly just whether they can be lined up easily.
Meaning I would do it if I were having difficulty reading it, so at that
point it can be expected to save me time. If the level of nesting changes,
that doesn't translate into a change between braces and do/end, only if the
introduction makes it difficult to read (meaning they alternate based on
readability rather than every other level of nesting).

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