On 5/12/05, Robert Klemme <bob.news / gmx.net> wrote:
> Brian Schröäer wrote:
> > On 12/05/05, Gavin Kistner <gavin / refinery.com> wrote:
> >> On May 12, 2005, at 1:48 AM, Brian Schröäer wrote:
> >>> On 12/05/05, Phrogz <gavin / refinery.com> wrote:
> >>>> I tend to use {
> >>>> and } for blocks instead of begin/end in my own code because IMHO
> >>>> it visually groups it better, but I used begin/end here since that
> >>>> seems to be the emerging multi-line choice of the community.)
> >>>
> >>> I just wanted to throw in that I'm in the camp of people who use
> >>> begin end when the side effect is important and braces when the
> >>> return value is important.
> >>
> >> I had no idea that there was such a camp. I like that.
> >>
> >> Can I come hang out in your camp? I'll bring my own sleeping bag and
> >> marshmallows.
> >>
> >
> > In this case you're welcome. I know I read this in two independent
> > blog entries, but I can't find them now. So I imagine i do not really
> > own this camping site ;-)
> 
> If you got thrown out you can come over to my camp ("it's on one line ?
> use braces : use 'do ... end'") - we have plenty of space over here.  As
> you can see I also frequently visit the ternary operator camp...
> ;-)

We are on the same camp. I'm the one who also uses the ternary
operator but doesn't like how it fits with question-mark methods
(@camp.nil? ? 'nil?' : @camp.empty? ? 'empty?' : '!') because it
sounds too intriguing.

Michel.