Comments on: Beautiful Ruby: Learning the -isms http://www.rubygeek.com/2007/08/03/beautiful-ruby-learning-the-isms/ Ruby, PHP, Python and Perl Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:11:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Shane Vitarana http://www.rubygeek.com/2007/08/03/beautiful-ruby-learning-the-isms/#comment-5578 Shane Vitarana Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:16:21 +0000 http://www.rubygeek.com/2007/08/03/beautiful-ruby-learning-the-isms/#comment-5578 I was going to say exactly what Peter said. I was going to say exactly what Peter said.

]]> By: nola http://www.rubygeek.com/2007/08/03/beautiful-ruby-learning-the-isms/#comment-4523 nola Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:41:30 +0000 http://www.rubygeek.com/2007/08/03/beautiful-ruby-learning-the-isms/#comment-4523 right.. thanks Peter! right.. thanks Peter!

]]> By: Peter Harkins http://www.rubygeek.com/2007/08/03/beautiful-ruby-learning-the-isms/#comment-4459 Peter Harkins Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:54:26 +0000 http://www.rubygeek.com/2007/08/03/beautiful-ruby-learning-the-isms/#comment-4459 You have a typo in one of your first pair of examples: in the first one you return boolean false, in the second you return the string "false". Also, I'd want to write the second line of the second example as: return false unless response.body.match "my awesome text" It's just a little easier to read; it works because nil and false are considered false in if/unless tests. You have a typo in one of your first pair of examples: in the first one you return boolean false, in the second you return the string “false”.

Also, I’d want to write the second line of the second example as:
return false unless response.body.match “my awesome text”

It’s just a little easier to read; it works because nil and false are considered false in if/unless tests.

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