From: Daniel DeLorme Date: 2007-05-25T08:00:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Introducing the "it" keyword Greg Fodor wrote: > return it if |v + 1| < 10 No need for it to be such a special built-in construct. Maybe you could do it like this: def it(*args) $it = args unless args.empty? return *$it end puts it if it(v+1) < 10 Daniel