From: Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>
Date: 2000-08-08T09:11:31+01:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:04335] Re: TABWTDI and Hash.new([])

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, ts wrote:

> >>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:
> 
>  I must say that  :
> 
> H>    def initialize(some_arg = nil)
> H>       @a = if some_arg 
> H>               some_arg
> H>            else
> H>               []
> H>            end
> H>       @obj = if iterator?
> H>                 Proc.new
> H>              else
> H>                 nil
> H>              end
> H>    end
> 
>  is really equivalent to :
> 
>       def initialize(some_arg = [], &block)
>          @a = some_arg
>          @obj = block
>       end
> 
That is even clearer.  I wonder why you didn't put
        def initialize(&block)
            @a = []
            @obj = block
        end
before, then?  Did I miss something?
> 
> 
> Guy Decoux
> 
> 
	Hugh
	hgs@dmu.ac.uk