From: Carl Parrish <cparrish@...>
Date: 2002-03-20T03:04:48+09:00
Subject: Re: style choice


> Interesting -- I'm not as anti-if-modifier as some, but here, maybe
> because of the length of the pre-if part, I like the first one better.
> 
> My instincts, such as they are, might lead me to do:
> 
>   def degree
>     if @degree == 0
>       @scopes.each {|field| @degree += field.length}
>     end
>     @degree
>   end
> 
> I'm a bit stuck on the "why" part :-)
> 
> 
> David


This is my favorite. I'm just learning ruby so I don't know which is
faster or has more "Rubyness" but the first two had me reaching for my
reference books while this last one I just "got". 

Carl Parrish