From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-11-17T07:12:34+09:00
Subject: Re: #returning and #tap

dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> 
>> Coming full circle around the golf course... This last one above is 
>> what lead me to prefer #then (== #tap) in the first place:
>>
>> def foo
>>  @foo ||= Foo.new.then do |f|
>>    f.bar = "bar"
>>  end
>> end
>>
>> Also, #then  avoids the scoping nastiness of #instance_eval.
> 
> I'm not getting the semantics of "then".  Do you mean "then" as in, "I
> took off my coat and then sat down", as opposed to then in if/then?

Yes. Not much better than #tap, is it? Any ideas...? "and_then"?

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