On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 03:01:46 +0900, GGarramuno wrote: > Austin Ziegler <austin / halostatue.ca> wrote in message >> I'm not sure you need either condition, really, as Ruby's >> iterators tend to be far better in most circumstances. > Well, the idea of the continue block is to do more than a single > decrementing of a variable (else, indeed an iterator should indeed > suffice). My example was just a dummy one. The ensure example and > the use of catch address both perl features perfectly with the > equivalent rubyisms. I think that my point is that I've more or less eliminated "normal" loops from my Ruby. They just don't feel right. (There are some in PDF::Writer, but again, I haven't had the time to clean that.) There are a few other places where I use while loops, but I think that if I put a little thought into it, I wouldn't need them, either. -austin -- austin ziegler * austin / halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.01.02 * 13.53.09