From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2012-02-01T09:28:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Multiple assignment in conditional

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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:22 PM, botp <botpena@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:16 AM, Robert Klemme
> <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > it's a loop in which case the code often becomes more elegant, e.g.:
> >
> > while ( line = gets )
>
> i dont know, Robert,  since i also find
>
>  while ( line,x,y = get_something)
>
> also elegant.
> if ruby would support that, wouldn't it be elegant?
>
> best regards -botp
>
>
I don't think it would be elegant, because the relationship between the
condition and the assignment is obscure. I would assume it's a shorthand
for `loop { line, x, y = get_something; ... }` but would have to look at it
for a while and then run some experiments to see.

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