gistfile1.rb

def some_method
  some_work_that_you_want_the_return_value_of && 
    something_that_should_execute_if_the_above_is_successful
end

# how would you make some_method return the result of some_work_that_you_want_the_return_value_of
# instead of something_that_should_execute_if_the_above_is_successful?

def one_idea
  result = some_work_that_you_want_the_return_value_of
  something_that_should_execute_if_the_above_is_successful if result
  result
end

# but that strikes me as very un-idiomatic

def tap_that
  some_work_that_you_want_the_return_value_of.tap do |result|
    something_that_should_execute_if_the_above_is_successful if result
  end
end