From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-08-03T22:53:07+09:00
Subject: Re: define_method vs eval "def ..."


On Aug 3, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Just wondering, with eval "def ..." I can do:
> eval "def #{tag}(*args, &blk) xml(:#{tag}, *args, &blk) end"
>
> Of course it would be nicer to do:
> define_method(tag) {|*args,&blk|, xml(tag, *args, &blk) }
> But that throws a parse error.
>
> Is there some way to define method that takes a block argument
> without calling eval ?
>
Ruby 1.9 lets blocks take blocks like define_method(:meth) { |*args,  
&blk| ... }

Currently theres no way to do it in 1.8 AFAIK.

> -- 
> Tomasz Wegrzanowski [ http://t-a-w.blogspot.com/ ]
>