From: Christoph <chr_news@...>
Date: 2002-03-19T23:19:57+09:00
Subject: Re: style choice

"Ron Jeffries" <ronjeffries@REMOVEacm.org> wrote in
....
> A style question for the community ... which of the following do you prefer, and
> why? Or, if you prefer some third version, what is it and why?
>
>   def degree
>     return @degree if @degree > 0
>     @scopes.each { | field | @degree += field.length }
>     @degree
>   end
>
>   def degree
>     @scopes.each { | field | @degree += field.length } if @degree == 0
>     @degree
>   end

Of the given choices I'd definitely go with the second -  the explicit and
implicit return of the first solution needlessly clutters (visually and logically)
this simple snippet imho.


/Christoph