[squeak-dev] Delay for: 60 seconds vs. Delay forSeconds: 60.
Frank Shearar
frank.shearar at angband.za.org
Fri Jan 8 07:32:41 UTC 2010
Andreas Raab wrote:
> Hi there -
>
> I just realized how silly it is to write code like:
>
> (Delay forSeconds: 60) wait.
> (Delay forMilliseconds: 1000) wait.
>
> when we have units available and might as well say:
>
> (Delay for: 60 seconds) wait.
> (Delay for: 5 days + 3 hours + 17 minutes) wait.
>
> What do people think about this? Overkill or just right?
I reckon the latter looks really nice. Just that bit easier to read.
Especially the "5 days + 3 hours" part!
frank
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