From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2009-06-05T16:03:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about exiting from a block

matt neuburg wrote:
> Guoliang Cao <gcao@vonage.com> wrote:
> 
>> def test
>>   puts 'before'
>>   yield 2
>>   puts 'after'
>> end
>>
>> test do |i|
>>   XXX if i > 1
>>   # a lot of code appears below
>> end
>>
>>
>> I have code above and wonder if it is possible to use
>> return/break/anything to stop execution of block and return control to
>> test() to execute code after yield. I know it is impossible in 1.8. 
> 
> Why is it impossible? Doesn't "break" do what you need? (And remember,
> "break" and "next" can even return a value from a block to the yielder.)

Nope, break will skip the "after" line.

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