From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-04-02T01:59:34+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 28274-28600

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> |why not be consistent
> |
> |     harp:~ > cat a.c
> |     #include <stdlib.h>
> |     #include <stdio.h>
> |     main () { printf ("%s:%s:%d\n", __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__); }
> |
> |
> |     harp:~ > gcc a.c && a.out
> |     a.c:main:3
>
> Because we don't have real functions but methods in Ruby.
>
> 							matz.


i see your point...  still, it seems to cut both ways:

   harp:~ > ruby -e'  p [__FILE__, __LINE__];  eval "p [__FILE__, __LINE__]"  '
   ["-e", 1]
   ["(eval)", 1]

regards.

-a
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