From: Explosiv0SX <explosiv0SX@...>
Date: 2006-02-22T00:21:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Blocks / Closures

Pick-up the latest edition of Programming Ruby (ISBN:0974514055). As  
a recent newcomer to Ruby, I must say, this is an indispensable  
resource. Check out some of the gui libraries -- there you'll see  
some cool examples on how blocks/closures can support event handling.  
This is one topic I'd like to see covered in a future edition of the  
above mentioned book as there is little documentation outside of  
sample code available.

Rick

On Feb 21, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Picklegnome wrote:

> I've just been looking into Ruby in the last few days, and I must  
> say it
> does look promising. However, many of the tutorials and other  
> resources I've
> been looking at use blocks. Having done some research, I'm  
> beginning to
> understand what they are and how they are used. However, I've only  
> come
> across examples that use them for iteration and keeping a static  
> variable
> hidden. Is there something I'm missing? Can blocks be used for non- 
> iterative
> functions?
>
>