Question

Say i have this untainted code:

some_var = Hash.new
some_var[:name] = "blah"
some_var[:address] = "101 blahblah lane"

another = "Olly olly oxen free!"

What is the ruby way of making it pretty?

option 1: Leave it as is

option 2: Align related things

some_var           = Hash.new
some_var[:name]    = "blah"
some_var[:address] = "101 blahblah lane"

another = "Olly olly oxen free!"

option 3: Align all the things

some_var           = Hash.new
some_var[:name]    = "blah"
some_var[:address] = "101 blahblah lane"

another            = "Olly olly oxen free!"

option 4: ?????

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Using Hashes as in your example I would do another version:

some_var = {
  :name    => "blah",
  :address => "101 blahblah lane",
}
another = "Olly olly oxen free!"

or with Ruby 1.9

some_var = {
  name:    "blah",
  address: "101 blahblah lane",
}
another = "Olly olly oxen free!"