From: Aredridel <aredridel@...>
Date: 2004-03-24T04:38:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Need some advice on PickAxe II

On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 02:44:30AM +0900, Simon Strandgaard wrote:
> In Ruby I don't feel a need to distinguish between methods and variables.
> However in C++ I do use CamelCase to identify functions and under_scores to
> identify variables, but thats because functions in C++ needs to be
> supplied a (); suffix.
> 
> In Ruby there is no need for a (); suffix. A few times I have found myself
> changing a variable into a method. I didn't have to change anything,
> it made me relieved.
> 
> Why distinguish between methods and variables ?

That's exactly one reason I use ruby: uniform access. I often make
variable-like methods -- they make sense to me. The value of either will
be an object, so why distinguish?

That's what makes attr_* methods work so well -- the methods it creates
play the role of the variables they wrap so well that one doesn't have
to bother remembering there's a difference.

Ari