From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-08-16T07:14:11+09:00
Subject: Re: block equality

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Marshall T. Vandegrift wrote:
> "Tom Jordan" <tdjordan@gmail.com> writes:
>
>   
>> Is there a way to compare two blocks with each other?
>>
>> If you promote a block into a Proc, how would you know that the
>> original block was the same?
>>     
>
> I haven't dived into the code, but I'm pretty sure that (a) promoting
> a block to a Proc via &block in the argument list results in a new
> Proc each time and (b) ruby 1.8 provides no introspection into the
> actual contents of a block.
>
>   
<snip>

Yes, it's kind of like asking if two equations or two methods are equal.
On the other hand, you could probably use the SerializeableProc 
(developed here: http://rubyquiz.com/quiz38.html), add an equality 
method, and then you'd have it. :)

-Justin

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