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From: Michael Lucas-Smith
Actually I might just take a moment to bring up one of my previous points again. Syntax!
Kent Beck showed me a very interesting phenominum in one of his books. It's called the rectangle.
self connect: someLocation do:
[:connection |
....
...
....]
instead of the more C-like structure
self connect: someLocation do: [
:connection |
...
...
...]
which leaves an onimous [ hanging out in the middle of no where. Ever since me and my collegues at work saw this [...] visually, we have adopted it. It makes things easier on the eyes. I really wish Ruby would let me start my blocks on the next line.
I would like this as well. For me, the code is much easier to read.
Wayne
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<A title=s3225202 / student.anu.edu.au
href="mailto:s3225202 / student.anu.edu.au">Michael Lucas-Smith</A> </DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE
cite="mid:20C86D2620F6D411A199009005DC0102536037 / exchange_serve.multitech.prv"
type="cite">Actually I might just take a moment to bring up one of my
previous points again. Syntax!<BR>Kent Beck showed me a very interesting
phenominum in one of his books. It's called the rectangle.<BR><BR>self
connect: someLocation do:<BR> [:connection
|<BR> ....<BR> ...<BR>
....]<BR><BR>instead of the more C-like structure<BR><BR>self connect:
someLocation do: [<BR> :connection |<BR>
...<BR> ...<BR> ...]<BR><BR>which leaves
an onimous [ hanging out in the middle of no where. Ever since me and my
collegues at work saw this [...] visually, we have adopted it. It makes
things easier on the eyes. I really wish Ruby would let me start my blocks
on the next line.</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like this as well. For me, the code
is much easier to read.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wayne</FONT></DIV>
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