From: Mike Austin <mike@...>
Date: 2010-08-08T05:00:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Adding sugar to Ruby

On 08/06/2010 12:41 PM, Jan Lelis wrote:
> Hi, I've collected some nice little additions to Ruby and put them in a
> gem called zucker.
>
> Some of the features:
>
> * control structure like iteration:
>
> iterate [1,2], [3,4,5] do |e,f|
>    puts "#{e},#{f}"
> end
> # outputs
> #  1,3
> #  2,4
> #  ,5
>
> * Regexp.union shortcut
>
> /Ruby\d/ | /test/i | "cheat"
> # creates a Regexp similar to:
> #  /(Ruby\d|[tT][eE][sS][tT]|cheat)/
>
> * Blocks, where nil can be egocentric
>
> egonil do
>    nil.some_methods.that[:do].not.exist
> end # =>  nil
>
> * Array#to_proc
>
> [1,2,3].map &[:*, 5]  # =>  [5, 10, 15]
>
> * More at http://rubyzucker.info / http://github.com/janlelis/zucker
>
> What's your opinion about these methods?

I like the way you think :)  These feel like a natural progression, although I 
admit the array to proc is a bit hacky (but useful).

Mike