From: Kristoph <kristoph@...>
Date: 2007-10-21T02:40:05+09:00
Subject: Re: capture code in a block

Konrad,

Yes I want to capture and serialize the actual code into a file (and
not actually execute that code until some later juncture).

Basically I just want the contents of a block as a string, without
executing it.

Kristoph

On Oct 19, 5:46 pm, Konrad Meyer <kon...@tylerc.org> wrote:
> Quoth Kristoph:
>
>
>
> > Greetings,
>
> > How might I capture the code in a block so that I can serialize it for
> > later use? So for example ...
>
> > file = CodeFile.new( 'something.rb')
>
> > file.capture do
> >     puts 'Hello World'
> > end
>
> > ... which prompts a file to be created with ...
>
> > puts 'Hello World'
>
> > Any thoughts how this might be accomplished?
>
> Do you actually want a literal "puts 'Hello World'" in the file, or just the
> string "Hello World"?
>
>   def my_method &block
>     @block = block
>   end
>
>   def my_other_method
>     @block.call
>   end
>
> Something like that?
>
> HTH,
> --
> Konrad Meyer <kon...@tylerc.org>http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/
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