From: Ken Bloom <kbloom@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T09:45:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Pass block instead of here document?

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:31:31 +0900, Gavin Kistner wrote:

> From: Morton Goldberg [mailto:m_goldberg@ameritech.net] 
>> I'd rather pass in a block. Is there a way to do that? Something like:
>> 
>> <pseud-code>
>> module Kernel
>>     def tell(obj, &to_do)
>>        # what goes here?
>>     end
>> end
>> 
>> tell Foo.new do
>>     report
>>     eat 'burger', 'fries'
>>     drink 'beer'
>>     be_merry
>> end
>> </pseud-code>
> 
> def tell( obj, &to_do )
>   obj.instance_eval( &to_do )
> end

Heck. Why bother with tell in the first place? Why not call instance_eval
directly?

--Ken

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