From: Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...>
Date: 2006-02-08T01:20:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Method Definitions: &block vs. yield()

On 2/7/06, Robert Klemme <bob.news@gmx.net> wrote:> Marcin Miel�y�ski wrote:> > James H. wrote:> >> > Generally yield is much faster than converting block to a Proc. But> > there are situations when you have to explicitly pass the block and> > convert it, these two are the most obvious that come to my mind:> >> > saving a Proc object for delayed execution> > implementing recursive iterators>> More generally all situations where you do not want to invoke the block> from this method but pass it on to another.
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Jacob Fugal