From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-05-25T12:12:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Introducing the "it" keyword



On May 24, 9:25 pm, Greg Fodor <gfo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > puts "User: #{it}" if (it=opts[:user]).
>
> AFAIK this doesn't work because it will be assumed to
> be a method call. That's the crux of the linked post
> above.

I believe this is to be fixed in a future version of Ruby.

While we're at it I have another use for "it" I'd appreciate very
much. An (it)erator reference.

  > 0..3.each{ p it.index }
  0
  1
  2
  3

"Blech" to _with_index.

T.