From: Gavin Kistner <gavin.kistner@...>
Date: 2006-09-09T01:29:57+09:00
Subject: Re: [CHALLENGE] better alias_method

From: ara.t.howard@noaa.gov [mailto:ara.t.howard@noaa.gov] 
> i remember that define_method will soon have the ability to 
> define methods that take blocks do you know if that's in
> 1.8.5 or the 1.9 branch?

Not in 1.8.5:

p RUBY_VERSION
#=> 1.8.5

class Foo
  def self.make_method( name, &block )
    define_method( name, &block )
  end
end

Foo.make_method( :bar ){ |a|
  p a, block_given?
  yield a if block_given?
}

f = Foo.new
f.bar( 3 ){ |x| p x*x }
#=> 3
#=> false