From: Bharat Ruparel <bruparel@...>
Date: 2007-07-10T23:52:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Yield should be renamed call_block

> I've always thought of the yield mechanism as one of the most
> strikingly elegant and expressive things in Ruby.  (More subjective
> judgment :-)  I'm actually very surprised to hear that it's likely to
> disappear, or change considerably.
> 

I think that Matz is on to something again!
The more I think of yeild as a method on an object, less it bothers me. 
I have the mental crutch of being able to alias it anytime I wish. 
Therefore, it does not seem like a big deal anymore whereas as a keyword 
it is a big deal to me.  I guess the reason is that I am comfortable 
dealing with different method names meaning the same thing in ruby, 
e.g., map and collect.  I prefer map to collect.
I believe that as a rule, the language keywords should be as natural as 
possible whereas library method names can and should be customizable.

Bharat

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