From: Adam Shelly <adam.shelly@...>
Date: 2008-08-09T05:07:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Works in irb but not elsewhere

On 8/8/08, cardboard42@gmail.com <cardboard42@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 8, 3:26 pm, Patrick Li <patrickli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi i'm creating a DSL, and would like to use the following
> > functionality.It works fine in irb but when I run it from the
> > commandline. Does it look like my fault or a ruby bug?
> >
> > class A
> >   def method
> >     puts "a"
> >   end
> >   def A.create
> >     A.new.instance_eval { yield }
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > A.create{method}

I think the issue is in the last line:
you are calling Object#method', which expects one parameter.  You
ought to be using the String "method" to send to instance_eval.

-Adam