[ruby-talk:01278] Re: Draft of the updated Ruby FAQ

Dave Thomas writes:
> Clemens Hintze <[e-mail]> writes:
> 

...

> I _could_, but why is this different to saying that they're not
> consumed by yield:
> 
>    def iter
>      yield 1
>      yield 2
>    end
> 
> is really no different to
> 
>    def iter
>      proc.call
>      proc.call
>    end
> 

Ahem! Internally there is a difference! But because we will take it
from the user's point-of-view there is no difference ;-)

> Or am I missing something here?

No! But perhaps it is my non-native speaker feeling :-} I would
describe 'yield' as command to execute a given block. Three 'yield's
would mean for me, execute a given block three times. Furthermore the
result of 'yield' is the result of the block!

But I would, however, describe 'proc' as *taking* a block and convert
it into a Proc instance. So of I have taken and/or converted the block
where is it now? So three 'proc's would try to convert three blocks
for me. The result of a 'proc' would be the block converted to a Proc
instance.

I admit perhaps it is a non-issue. Probably it's only me, who can fall
into that trap! :-/

...

> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> 
> Dave
> 

Thank you,
\cle