From: Mike Sassak <msassak@...>
Date: 2002-02-23T16:29:24+09:00
Subject: Re: TRW: block call question

Yup. See http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ref_c_proc.html#Proc._ob_cb

-mike

On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 19:54, Jos Backus wrote:
> Page 282 of TRW has the following example:
> 
>     <quote>
>     def take_block(a, &block)
> 	puts block.type
> 	a.times {|i| block[i, i*i]}
>     end
> 
>     take_block(3) {|n,s| puts "#{n} squared = #{s}"}
> 
>     This example also shows the use of braces ({}) as an alias for the call
>     method.
>     </quote>
> 
> Now am I correct in assuming that what was really meant here was ``brackets
> ([])'' instead, the equivalent using call being
> 
>     a.times {|i| block.call(i, i*i)}
> 
> ?
> 
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