From: "trans.  (T. Onoma)" <transami@...>
Date: 2004-10-31T02:24:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Another scrach on head

On Saturday 30 October 2004 03:19 am, Brian Mitchell wrote:
| > That's interesting. Are you suggesting that `if` be a method?
|
| Sure... if we wanted to use real Ruby blocks for the conditionally
| executed code. Then we could extend this and  have all object
| implement false? and true? (Inherited from Object by default)... this
| would allow custom false objects... this makes Ruby more friendly to
| DSLs which is something I've seen Ruby used for a lot and is a general
| __good__ feature of dynamic languages. But I haven't thought about it
| enough to make it an RCR.

I think this has merit. But I too haven't thought enough about it. One of the 
things I would like about it, is that it would help me improve my method 
probe, so that I could get some control over conditionals.

If you have time I would love to discuss further on suby-ruby mailing list.

T.