From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-10-21T03:25:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Long conditional statements

On 20.10.2010 16:34, botp wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Courtland Allen
> <courtlandallen@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> if a or b or c or d or e or f
>
> ri any?

Problem is that if a, b, c, d, e and f are expressions you would have to 
evaluate them beforehand thus loosing short circuit evaluation:

if [a,b,c,d,e,f].any? {|x| x}
   ...
end

I don't even find that more aesthetically pleasing.  I'd probably rather 
refactor, e.g.

if complex_condition(x,y)
   do_something
end

Courtland, can you demonstrate a real example of your complex 
conditions?  Maybe there are other ways to transform them and make them 
less complex.

Cheers

	robert

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