From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2006-01-03T06:42:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Implicit block parameter?

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:20:30 -0000, I wrote:

> Before I used Ruby, I used Groovy. In some ways they are (well, were  
> anyway) quite similar, and one feature that I found cool in Groovy that  
> I often miss in Ruby is the implicit (/default/whatever?) block  
> parameter, 'it':
>
> 	[1,2,3].each { puts it }
>
> [...]
>
> I did try hacking it from the Ruby side and came up with a halfway  
> solution using instance variables and the Binding extension from  
> Rubyforge:
>

I got a bit closer by defining an attr_reader 'it' on Kernel, but still it  
doesn't work with all Procs or via Yield...

-- 
Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk