From: Stefan Schmiedl <s@...>
Date: 2001-11-25T17:40:11+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26434] Re: what's the & in parameter listings?

Ron Jeffries (2001-11-25 16:24):

> On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 19:09:02 GMT, Dave Thomas
> <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> wrote:
> 
> >If the method is called with a block, convert that block to a proc
> >object and store a reference in the & parameter:
> 
> Y'know, now that I think of it, that whole & thing is odd. What was
> wrong with just letting blocks be objects responding to call(x, y,
> ....) or better yet value(x, y, ...) ?

and while we're at it, use [] to delimit them? ;>

s.

> 
> Ronald E Jeffries
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