http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2011/10/in-ruby-binds-stronger-than-or/ Random pieces of code, thoughts and movie reviews Wed, 22 May 2013 06:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2011/10/in-ruby-binds-stronger-than-or/comment-page-1/#comment-52828 Paul Goscicki Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:56:35 +0000 http://paulgoscicki.com/?p=377#comment-52828 Yes, you are correct that the knowledge of importance order is crucial (I thought I knew it!), yet the first example reads very ambiguous. I've amended it to say "Improper/misleading" now. Yes, you are correct that the knowledge of importance order is crucial (I thought I knew it!), yet the first example reads very ambiguous. I’ve amended it to say “Improper/misleading” now.

]]> http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2011/10/in-ruby-binds-stronger-than-or/comment-page-1/#comment-52827 Piotr Szotkowski Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:27:16 +0000 http://paulgoscicki.com/?p=377#comment-52827 I’m not sure you can call the first ‘improper’; the whole point of having separate &&/|| and and/or in Ruby is that the latter bind very weakly, so can be used for control flow, whereas the former bind rather strongly and can be used for Boolean logic. There are people who say ‘don’t ever use the and/or form’, but I do use it regularly – it’s really useful when you understand the difference. :) I’m not sure you can call the first ‘improper’; the whole point of having separate &&/|| and and/or in Ruby is that the latter bind very weakly, so can be used for control flow, whereas the former bind rather strongly and can be used for Boolean logic. There are people who say ‘don’t ever use the and/or form’, but I do use it regularly – it’s really useful when you understand the difference.

]]>