From: Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...>
Date: 2006-07-21T10:08:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Using .each with constructors

On 7/20/06, transfire@gmail.com <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
>   class Proc
>     def *(i)
>       a = []
>       i.times{ a << call }
>       a
>     end
>   end
>
>   lambda{ Object.new } * 3
>
> Which is pretty versitle. Unforunately I already have Proc#* tied up
> with function composition.


There's no conflict:

class Proc
  def *(x)
    if Integer===x
       (0...x).map{call}
    else
       #...compose procs
       proc{|*args| self[x[*args]]}
    end
  end
end