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Comment by sigzero | Hacker News Reader

  raise "Hey dude! Where's My Variable Assignment" if my_variable.nil?

I really hate raising an exception like that. I am surprised Rubyists like it like he says they do.

I prefer:

    my_variable or raise 'Hey dude! Where's My Variable Assignment'

or else:

    my_variable.nil? and raise 'Hey dude! Where's My Variable Assignment'

since it puts what's being tested in front like with if/then but is also syntactically light-weight.

I could be completely wrong - I do like the "or" syntax as well - reads much better.