From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-07-09T04:30:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Sweet Lord!

Phil Tomson wrote:
> On 7/8/06, William James <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
>> > Why haven't I thought of this before?
>> >
>> >    class Terminal
>> >      include Enumerable
>> >
>> >      def each(&block)
>> >        while input = gets
>> >          block.call(input.chomp)
>> >        end
>> >      end
>>
>>   def each
>>     while input = gets
>>       yield input.chomp
>>     end
>>   end
> 
> Equivilent code, actually.  It's a case of "you say tomaTOE I say tomAHto"

Actually, the `yield' version is significantly faster. When using the 
`&block' syntax, a Proc object is created for each iteration. From what 
I've gathered, that doesn't happen when using `yield'.


Cheers,
Daniel