From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-01T19:48:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Document

From: "Bill Kelly" <billk@cts.com>


> 
> In my own code, for what it's worth, I tend to use symbols in
> places where I might have in other languages used an integer
> constant to represent a (certain kind of) recurring named type-
> value.  Such as:
> 
>   NOUN = 0
>   VERB = 1
>   ADVERB = 2
>   ADJECTIVE = 3
> 
> Instead, in Ruby, I'll just go:  if word.type == :noun ....
> 

I would do

  NOUN = :NOUN
  VERB = :VERB
  ...

  if word.type == NOUN ...

Your way is prone to evil spelling mistakes!

Gavin