From: bbense+comp.lang.ruby.Mar.27.02@...
Date: 2002-03-28T03:09:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Difference between 'do' and 'begin'

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In article <a7qg8m$25uv$1@qiao.localnet>,
Clemens Hintze  <c.hintze@gmx.net> wrote:
>In <PGEPJIFLPEPOHCKEEEIKAEDBDBAA.james@rubyxml.com> james@rubyxml.com writes:
>
>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Clemens Hintze [mailto:c.hintze@gmx.net]
>
>(...)
>
>> However, both Ruby in a Nutshell and the Pickaxe book refer to
>> begin/end as blocks.  So, is it incorrect to refer to
>
>>   begin
>>     # some code
>>   end
>
>> as a block?
>
>Oops! I had not recognized this ...
>
>> Or is it block, but not the same sort of block as:
>
>I would not call it a block. In one of the replies it was called
>compound statement. I think this sounds not too bad!
>

- - How about a "body"?  It's pretty common usage to refer to the
body of an if statement or while loop. 

- - Booker C. Bense 

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