From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-09T12:43:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Yield should be renamed call_block


On Jul 8, 2007, at 7:58 PM, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: Yield should be renamed call_block"
>     on Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:10:23 +0900, Bharat Ruparel  
> <bruparel@mercury.com> writes:
>
> |I find it fascinating and quite a bit true.  However, I have to  
> always
> |mentally translate the keyword "yeild" to mean "call_block".
>
> The "yield" keyword is used for this purpose from the ages of
> languages for example in CLU.  So if you learn the history and the
> culture, you will find less problem.
>
> I am not going to rename it.  But in far future (3.0? maybe), the
> keyword will be removed from the language, and you will access blocks
> via block arguments of methods.
>
> 							matz.
>
to the OP, Of course with your won individual modules/libraries  
loaded/required, you can alias yield to be whatever isn't already  
taken by something else. Ideas for aliases: yield_to, call_block,  
step_out, segway, divert, fork, short_fork, lunch_break, junk_time,  
call_junk, goto ((hehehe...))

John Joyce