From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2007-03-01T05:35:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Overload [] operator and use a block ?


On Feb 28, 2007, at 3:21 PM, St�phane Wirtel wrote:
> class Test
>    def []( x )
>        # to do something here
>        yield if block_given?
>    end
> end
>
> t = Test.new
> t['string'] do
>     puts 'this is a test'
> end

Not in Ruby 1.8.x but your example works just fine in Ruby 1.9.

The problem isn't with the definition of the method but in the
way the 1.8.x parser deals with the trailing block on the method
call.  The parser has been changed to recognize the block in 1.9.

Gary Wright