From: botp <botpena@...>
Date: 2012-05-26T23:00:35+09:00
Subject: Re: looking for a ruby idiom : r=foo; return r if r

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:27 AM, botp <botpena@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

just ff up in case i'm wrong here.
i ended up doing:

return r=foo if r

would be glad if someone can point some weakness on the above code snippet.
best regards -botp