From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-07-11T09:33:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Yield should be renamed call_block

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 09:28:14AM +0900, dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 07:36:34AM +0900, ara.t.howard wrote:
> >>
> >>i'm with matz on this one
> >>
> >>  block.yield
> >>
> >>reads, to me, simple as
> >>
> >>  'doing my own thing...'
> >>
> >>  block.yield 'control to you'
> >
> >Speaking more generally . . .
> >
> >The way I've always read the object.message syntax is that you're saying
> >something like "Hey, Object!  I want you to [yield]."  Substitute the
> >particular message you're sending for [yield] as necessary.
> 
> Exactly -- blocks don't yield, so let's not ask them to :-)

Is the word "accept" being used for anything?

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