todo_for_real

todo.rb

require 'date'

class ExpiredTodoError < StandardError; end

# Implementation #
def todo(what, by_date)
  if production? || (Date.parse(by_date) >= Date.today)
    yield
  else
    raise ExpiredTodoError, "TODO: #{what}"
  end
end

# Would actually be Rails.env.production? or something similar #
def production?
  false
end


# Sample usage #
todo("Make this code less janky", "4/1/2012") do
  o = Object.new
  Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(o))
end

Production guard seems unnecessary.

todo("Make this code less janky", Chronic.parse('next Tuesday')) do
#foo
end

See, this is what happens when someone has an idea.

slight alteration to the to_do_or_else would be:

to_do_or_die