returning(...) ?

[Duane Johnson]

On Sep 4, 2007, at 2:46 PM, Brian Candler wrote:

> The following construct is an ActiveSupport-ism:
>
>   returning(Foo.new) do |foo|
>     ...
>   end
>
> I don't especially like it, since it's both more verbose and less  
> efficient
> than the direct alternative:
>
>   foo = Foo.new
>   ...
>   foo
>

I think it should go too.  It doesn't add much for readability (even  
though it removes one repeated noun) and seems quite a bit slower.

Duane Johnson
(canadaduane)