From: mental@...
Date: 2005-12-09T00:49:08+09:00
Subject: Re: A small query

Quoting James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net>:

> On Dec 8, 2005, at 9:23 AM, Douglas Livingstone wrote:
>
> > def with(obj, &block)
> >   obj.instance_eval(&block)
> > end
> >
> > class Foo; def bar; puts 'rab'; end; end
> >
> > foo = Foo.new
> >
> > with foo do
> >   bar
> > end
>
> Ah yes.  This actually does what you asked for.  Ignore my
> incorrect attempt.

In either case, caveat nuby -- within the block 'self' will refer to
foo, and any instance variables will be foo's.  That's probably just
a bit more agressive than the OP had in mind for 'with'.

-mental