From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2008-01-03T21:38:53+09:00
Subject: Re: module_eval oddness on 1.9

Hi,

In message "Re: module_eval oddness on 1.9"
    on Thu, 3 Jan 2008 17:06:23 +0900, SASADA Koichi <ko1@atdot.net> writes:

|> The following code works on 1.8:
|> 
|> class Foo
|>   module_eval do
|>     define_method :attribute do |*args|
|>       return "hello_world"
|>     end
|>   end
|> end
|> 
|> Foo.new.attribute #=> 'hello world'
|> 
|> On 1.9 (r14776) however, this produces
|> <dummy toplevel>:37644: unexpected return
|
|It's limitation of current VM.
|Matz, should I fix this problem?

If you ask me if I want that limitation be fixed, I'd say yes.  If you
tell me we have to abandon something instead, I'd say let us discuss.

							matz.