From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2008-07-01T22:13:40+09:00
Subject: Re: nested methods good or bad design

ara.t.howard wrote:
> this is *exactly* what closures are for
> 
>   def method_1
>       method_2 = @this ? lambda{ p 'yup' } : lambda{ p 'nope' }
>       method_3 = @this ? lambda{ p 'a' } : lambda{ p 'b' }
> 
>       method_2.call
>       method_3.call

method_2 and method_3 are not long-lived, so if OP intention was to 
conditionally define methods, closures are a rather orthogonal concept.

- Charlie