Austin Ziegler
9/12/2003 10:28:00 PM
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 05:03:51 +0900, Philip Mak wrote:
> For example, let's say I have a class called "Httpd" which runs an HTTP
> server. Should its interface be like this:
> server = Httpd.new(:listen_port => 80) # Initialize the server
> server.run # Run it
> Or like this?
> Httpd.new(:listen_port => 80) # Initialize and run the server
> The latter way is more streamlined, but feels bad for some reason that I
> can't quite put into words right now.
I would say:
server = Httpd.new(:listen_port => 80)
server.run
or
Httpd.new(:listen_port => 80) do |server|
...
end
If there's a block given, then both run it and stop it when the block
completes.
-austin
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austin ziegler * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.09.12
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