From: Andrew Wagner <wagner.andrew@...>
Date: 2010-11-30T03:57:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Correct use of block

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On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Martin <martinskou@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I've been using Python for years, but looking into Ruby and rails.
>
> Is the following a sensible way to use Ruby blocks?
>
> def time_method()
>    t1=Time.now
>    if block_given?
>        result=yield()
>    end
>    return Time.now-t1,result
> end
>
> t,rsp=time_method do
>    Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url).host, URI.parse(url).path)
> end
>
> My problem is that both time_method and get_response returns a value
> that i need. Should i use a closure instead of the above?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Personally, I think this is quite reasonable. I might rename the method
something like "call_and_time", and I'd probably leave off the empty parens
after the method name and the yield.

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