Ruby hangman

[Markus]

> PS: I like how the term "Python style indentation" and its use
> above should make both Ruby and Python programmers squirm. :)

> PPS: I look forward to your brain-twister for tomorrow's meeting,
> if you have time to prepare one.

Well, if it's squirming you want, how about this:

def _
Empty = ""
__ =~ x
x.empty? ______ !x
end

It let's you write things like:

foo if Empty =~ x

and will match all the things that the methods we were discussing
earlier would (e.g. "", nil, false, [], etc. return true, things like 7,
"Bob's your uncle", [:hope] return false).

See y'all tomorrow evening.

-- Markus

[Chuck Vose]

Dunno where I'm failing but I get: SyntaxError: (irb):2: dynamic
constant assignment

Seems to hate Empty = ""

[Markus]

> Dunno where I'm failing but I get: SyntaxError: (irb):2: dynamic
> constant assignment
>
> Seems to hate Empty = ""

Sorry if you're pulling my leg and I'm being slow, but in case you
aren't I'll answer it straight: this is a preview of the hangman
challenge for tonight's meeting. The "_"s need to be replaced with
ascii characters for it to work as described. Which ascii characters
though? Aye, there's the rub.

Come to the meeting tonight & find out!

-- Markus

P.S. If you do figure it out early, no pre-game spoilers please. But
you're welcome to come an look smug as you call them out in order of
first occurrence, to the joy of all and sundry.

[Chuck Vose]

Ah, thanks man. I wasn't pulling your leg yet. Don't know you well enough yet :P

I'll work on it and see what I can figure out for the meeting. Thanks