From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2006-03-29T15:58:42+09:00
Subject: Re: strange order of execution

Dirk Traulsen wrote:
> Am 29 Mar 2006 um 14:18 hat Hal Fulton geschrieben:
> 
>> Dirk Traulsen wrote:
>>> Can somebody please explain this strange order of execution to me?
>>>
>> All the arguments to your print are evaluated, including the
>> method call. So the stuff inside that method is printed first.
> 
> Alright, so the method calls are executed first already during evaluation. I thought 

The method invocation *is* the evaluation.

> print "string", method1
> 
> would be identical to
> 
> print "string"
> print method1

No, not at all.  Btw, if you want to watch what's going on, you can 
insert this at the top of your script and follow the execution as it's 
printed

set_trace_func lambda {|*a| p a}

Kind regards

	robert