From: Matt Maycock <ummaycoc@...>
Date: 2005-02-03T01:48:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Partial function application (was: Re: Binding precedence for first sym...)

One thing to make noteworthy are the subtleties bugwise that changing
proc can have on a program (that bit me in the rear a couple of
times)... I think there should definitely be warnings in any file that
does stuff with Proc about such things (as it is entirely subtle, in
my opinion)...

example:

class Proc
  def data(arg)
    @arg
  end
  def data=(arg)
    @arg = arg
  end
end

anon = Proc.new {
  p @data
}

def foo
  yield
end

anon[]                # prints nil
anon.data = 1
anon[]                # prints 1
foo(&anon)         # prints nil

-- thus, internal data is not kept as the structure is transformed
from proc to block...

~Me!

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