[Sdruby] methodphitamine

[Rob Kaufman]

Some code, like this particular little guy, only belong in obfuscation
contests.  Editor tools are for saving typing, not code hacks.

Rob

On 8/20/07, Kevin Clark <kevin.clark at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm with Tom on this one. It's an interesting hack, but I wouldn't use
> it for code I cared about.
>
> Kev
>
> On 8/20/07, Tom Werner <pubsub at rubyisawesome.com> wrote:
> > I, for one, find to_proc to be just far enough over the edge of
> > cleverness that I don't use it, and find methodphetimine so abhorrent as
> > to be an example of worst practice. Each technique saves you a few
> > keystrokes at best and obfuscates code while decreasing performance. I
> > fail to see a benefit to either technique (other than that they're
> > somehow perceived as cool or flashy).
> >
> >
> > Brian Chapados wrote:
> > > http://jicksta.com/articles/2007/08/04/the-methodphitamine
> > >
> > > I finally finished reading through my pile-o-feeds. It's a few weeks
> old,
> > > but if you haven't seen it already, this one is awesome!
> > >
> > > spoiler:
> > > User.find(:all).map &its.contacts.map(&its.last_name.capitalize)
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Tom Preston-Werner
> >
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> >     God (god.rubyforge.org)
> >     Fuzed (fuzed.rubyforge.org)
> > * Site:
> >     rubyisawesome.com
> >
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