From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-11-17T07:44:18+09:00
Subject: Re: #returning and #tap

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> 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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-a
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