From: Mark Hubbart <discordantus@...>
Date: 2004-12-08T09:06:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Using yield

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 04:19:11 +0900, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
> As for forwarding a block to a new method -- isn't &b the only way?
> Or am I behind the times on automatic propagation?

I forward blocks a lot in my own code, and wish there was a way to get
around using the &block syntax. I suspect that someone else has
probably suggested this already, but what about a &yield keyword? ie.:

  def thrice
    3.times &yield
  end

Assuming it would be optimized, and wouldn't create a Proc object,
this could be a nicer way of forwarding a block.

cheers,
Mark