From: "Mehr, Assaph (Assaph)" <assaph@...>
Date: 2004-08-19T12:57:56+09:00
Subject: Re: proc return statement

> @@mappings.each{ |hsh|
>         begin
>           if( hsh['type'] == c['type'] ) then
>             eval( "comp=#{hsh['template']}" )
>             hsh.each_key{ |key|
>               m = proc { @@ignore.each{ |i| return true if( key == i )
} 
> }.call

Should be:  proc{break true if... }.call
'return' returns from the encompassing method. 'break' return from the
proc.



>              puts m;
>             }
>             has_mapping = true;
>           end
>         rescue; raise "Unable to evaluate passed in expression: 
> #{hsh['template']}"; end
>         break if( has_mapping ); }
> 
> It is at the line:    m = proc { @@ignore.each{ |i| return true if(
key 
> == i ) } }.call
> that I am having the problem. I want "m" to be true, but instead it 
> leaves the calling function.
> 
> I have modified the line to be:
> 
> m = nil;
> proc { @@ignore.each{ |i| m=true if( key == i ) } }.call
> 
> but I was just wondering if I could return a value w/o having to leave

> the outer function.
> 
> Zach
> 
>