[#6363] Re: rescue clause affecting IO loop behavior — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "D" == David Alan Black <dblack@candle.superlink.net> writes:

17 messages 2000/11/14
[#6367] Re: rescue clause affecting IO loop behavior — David Alan Black <dblack@...> 2000/11/14

Hello again --

[#6582] best way to interleaf arrays? — David Alan Black <dblack@...>

Hello --

15 messages 2000/11/26

[#6646] RE: Array Intersect (&) question — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Ross asked something about widely known and largely ignored language (on

23 messages 2000/11/29
[#6652] RE: Array Intersect (&) question — rpmohn@... (Ross Mohn) 2000/11/29

aleksi.niemela@cinnober.com (Aleksi Niemel) wrote in

[#6723] Re: Array Intersect (&) question — Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...> 2000/12/01

> >Use a hash. Here's code to do both and more. It assumes that

[#6656] printing/accessing arrays and hashes — raja@... (Raja S.)

I'm coming to Ruby with a Python & Common Lisp background.

24 messages 2000/11/30

[ruby-talk:6111] Re: detect:ifNone: in Ruby

From: Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>
Date: 2000-11-07 09:39:11 UTC
List: ruby-talk #6111
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, [iso-8859-1] Aleksi Niemelwrote:

> matz queries:
> > If we can find better name, 
> 
> How about default, defaults or defaulting (I like the last).

I'd call it "nilGives" or "nil_gives", etc.  I think default leaves too
much open -- it depends on how your objects are made as to what their
defualt value is.

This reminds me of my request for a short-circuit operator....  Is
there a way the two can be unified, or is that silly?

	Hugh
	hgs@dmu.ac.uk


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