From: Alan Chen <alan@...>
Date: 2002-09-27T07:52:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby - common pitfalls?

On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 07:37:48AM +0900, Rudolf Polzer wrote:
> Scripsit ille Alan Chen <alan@digikata.com>:
> > On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 06:37:23AM +0900, Rudolf Polzer wrote:
> > > - the if syntax. Pascal-style if is supported (and one is tempted to use
> > >   it instead of the also supported C-style if since parantheses aren't
> > >   easy to enter on most keyboards), but comparisons have to be written
> > >   in C style. Therefore this happened to me more than once:
> > > 
> > >     if foo = nil then
> > >       # ...
> > >     end
> > 
> > Note that you get warnings for this when using ruby -w
> 
> I know - but then the code already has been written. I think it just has
> to be mentioned, not changed.

Agreed.. maybe the pitfall is not running with ruby -w during development :)

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