From: "UlyssesZhan (Ulysses Zhan) via ruby-core" <ruby-core@...>
Date: 2026-10-29T05:51:22+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:127274] [Ruby Feature#22486] Anonymous method

Issue #22486 has been reported by UlyssesZhan (Ulysses Zhan).

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Feature #22486: Anonymous method
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/22486

* Author: UlyssesZhan (Ulysses Zhan)
* Status: Open
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I propose an API `Method.new(receiver, name = nil, &block)` to define an anonymous singleton method and `UnboundMethod.new(owner, name = nil, &block)` to define an anonymous instance method. The default value of `name` can be `:anonymous` for compatibility concern (existing code bases may have been assuming `Method#name` is not nil). This functionality can currently be achieved in pure Ruby as follows:

```ruby
def Method.new receiver, name = :anonymous, &body
	old = begin
		receiver.singleton_method name
	rescue NameError
		nil
	end
	receiver.define_singleton_method name, &body
	result = receiver.method name
	if old
		receiver.define_singleton_method name, old
	else
		receiver.singleton_class.undef_method name
	end
	result
end

def UnboundMethod.new owner, name = :anonymous, &body
	old = begin
		owner.instance_method name
	rescue NameError
		nil
	end
	owner.define_method name, &body
	result = owner.instance_method name
	if old
		owner.define_method name, old
	else
		owner.undef_method name
	end
	result
end
```

A use case is when one wants to pass a block with a block argument to `instance_exec`. For example:

```ruby
module DefExtend
	def def_extend name, &body
		define_method name do |first_arg, *args, **opts, &block|
			puts "called with #{first_arg}"
			Method.new(self, &body).(*args, **opts, &block)
		end
	end
end

class C
	extend DefExtend
	def_extend(:foo) { |&block| block.(2) }
end

p C.new.foo(1) { _1 * 2 }
```



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