From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-11-16T11:08:35+09:00
Subject: Re: #returning and #tap

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> 
>> This variant saves typing and IMO is more idiomatically ruby:
>>
>> class Object
>>   def then
>>     yield(self)
>>     self
>>   end
>> end
> 
> 
> Oops, sorry. I didn't realize that #tap is the same as #then.
> 
> I can't quite see why "tap" is a good name for that, though...
> 

I suppose it's as in "tap a keg."  :)
In other words, an analogy for the Unix "tee"
utility, which is named for a T-shaped (real-life) pipe...

Or am I wrong?


Hal