From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-08-25T09:01:12+09:00
Subject: Re: do not understand this closure

Hi --

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, rak rok wrote:

>>  a = 5
>>  a()
>
> This would fail just like a.call() would fail.
>
>  def say
>>      puts "hello"
>>    end
>>
>>    say = proc { puts "goodbye" }
>>
>>    say()   # hello or goodbye?
>
>
> I would say this would be similar to redefining a method, where the latest
> definition takes precedence.

That's never going to work.  It would quickly become a nightmare of
scoping and naming issues.

Methods and Procs just aren't at the same level of indirection from
their written identifiers.  It's better to keep that difference
visible.


David

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