From: Clifford Heath <no@...>
Date: 2008-02-08T07:44:57+09:00
Subject: Re: How to use the *args in to_proc ?

Phlip wrote:
> Jeremy Kemper wrote:
> 
>  > > Sure. &:position == :position.to_proc == proc { |element, *args|
>  > > element.position(*args) }
>  > >
>  > > So elements.sort_by(&:position) is shorthand for sorting the 
> elements by
>  > > position.
> 
> How would you pass the *args in?? They don't seem to fit on either side
> of the &, which is "special" in argument passing syntax...

You can't. If you need to, you should hand-roll something like Jeremy's
third case.

Clifford Heath.