Comments on: Code beauty vs. Obsession

By: dwoodman

dwoodman — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:20:14 +0000

Why not -

thing = { 
  :store_dir  => "public/master", 
  :scaled_dir => "public/variants", 
  :tmp_dir    => "public/temp" 
}

If God had meant all variable names to be the same length, He would never have given us tabs!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:17:20 +0000

Maz: Glad I’m not the only one

By: Maz

Maz — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:57:57 +0000

You’re not alone. Particularly in reference to having the array elements all neatly aligned. They’re just far easier to read that way.

By: UncleD

UncleD — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:41:20 +0000

That’s right! You know what though, if you enjoy writing it that way and it remains readable, that’s what matters in the end. Do what will make you happy while you work.

Best Regards

By: Jamie Hill

Jamie Hill — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:03:26 +0000

gunnar: I completely agree, this must just be a phase I’m going through. I suppose this is more unnecessary syntactical beauty?

By: gunnar

gunnar — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:26:55 +0000

is it really beautiful code?
imho beautiful code is code that easy to read, not that looks good at a distance ;P

By: Jamie Hill

Jamie Hill — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:23:29 +0000

I’ll take your word for it.