From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-05-21T12:28:58+09:00
Subject: Re: is there a better way to write { yield }

Stephan Wehner wrote:
> Is there a better way to write something like
> 
>   def meth(a,b,c)
>     :
>     :
>     other_meth(d) { yield }
>     :
>     :
>   end
> 
> That { yield } has some redundancy.

That form has the advantage, IIUC, that no Proc object is created, so 
it's a little more efficient. (Search the archives for block versus 
proc.) Also, Rdoc can pick up the yield (and its arg) automatically.

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