From: hemant <gethemant@...>
Date: 2006-10-20T23:20:23+09:00
Subject: Re: break from block

On 10/20/06, Farrel Lifson <farrel.lifson@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just run into the following problem. Doing this:
>  block = lambda{|i| i > 5 ? break : nil}
>   n.times &block
> raises a LocalJumpError, I assume because break is not valid from
> within a Proc object. Is there any way to get around this?
>
> Farrel
>
>

I am not sure about the solution, but the reason of the error is not
that break is not valid within in Procs!!

Try return in place of break and you will still get the error.
Something else is going on here that needs explanation.


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