On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:38 PM,  <worthee / gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I was just reading the following blog post
> http://www.elctech.com/blog/clarity-over-cleverness-but-what-is-clever,
> and like the author, it is the first time I have seen code as he
> describes.  From the comments it would seem that some think it is an
> idiom to be used, and perhaps others do not.
>
> Just curious as to how common this use it?  I do tend to side with
> view that it is not clear at first glance.
>
> Thanks
> Richard
>
>

It seems very bad code to me, what is wrong with the following?
   @attributes['comments'] = @attributes['comments'].split( " " )
rescue @attributes['comments']
although I suspect that
         ... @attributes['comments'].split ...
is what the good fellow really wants.

HTH
Robert


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