From: botp <botpena@...>
Date: 2012-05-25T10:27:51+09:00
Subject: Re: looking for a ruby idiom : r=foo; return r if r

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Robert Klemme
<shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 4:50 PM, botp <botpena@gmail.com> wrote:
>> thank you all, matt/llelan/robert.
>
> You're welcome!
>
>> r=foo and return r
>>
>> is good, but i think i'll stick w the older if r=foo style...(in the meantime :)
>
> I wouldn't do that, there is a certain risk that it looks like a
> typing error (i.e. someone assumes you meant "if r==foo...").  If I
> would want to use "if" then I'd do

hmm, dunno. i always do that in C. and besides, coders should always
run their tests..

> r = foo
> return r if r

yap, that was my first code. but the triple r is obviously beggin ;-)

> But I think the idiom with "and" is superior. :-)

i want to emphasize the "return" by putting it at the beginning/start
of the line. that is the reason why i was hoping for the if modifier
to work...

many thanks robert
best regards -botp