From: glenn_m_smith@... (Glenn)
Date: 2004-05-02T16:13:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Newbie (ooh, that rhymes!) - When do I use do/end, when {}?

Gennady Bystritsky <gfb@tonesoft.com> wrote in message news:<B38C9AD7-9BD1-11D8-B7CB-000A95EED88E@tonesoft.com>...

> 
> There's also another usage some people, including myself, agree on: 
> do...end for blocks that actually DO stuff, like in Array#each, 
> File.open, Integer#times (Mark, sorry for contradiction ;-)), etc.; {} 
> for blocks that define conditions, like in map, select/reject, sort, 
> etc.
> 

And this would include curlies for hash definitions then?

I like the idea of standardising on do/end for multi-line blocks and
curlies for single lines.  That makes sense.  I like the readability
of using do/end - seems to  make for nicer code.

Thanks all, you've helped a lot.  Ruby certainly does rock!