From: Greg Fodor Date: 2007-05-25T12:55:09+09:00 Subject: Re: Introducing the "it" keyword > While we're at it I have another use for "it" I'd appreciate very > much. An (it)erator reference. > Wow. Yes! Only issue I see is nested blocks though. (Which it is "it?" :)) Spose it could through a warning if 'it' comes into scope twice. But this would be cool: my_strings.map { pluralize it }.filter { it =~ /tests/ }.each { p it } The less silly variable names we have to come up with, the better!