From: Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>
Date: 2011-06-06T17:35:30+09:00
Subject: Re: CORE - Altering Behaviour of "each do" (default param "item")

On 6 Éïýí, 01:11, Yukihiro Matsumoto <m...@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: CORE - Altering Behaviour of "each do" (default param "item")"
>     on Sat, 4 Jun 2011 20:50:25 +0900, Ilias Lazaridis <il...@lazaridis.com> writes:
>
> |#Question: How can I alter the behaviour of "each" in the following
> |way:
> |names.each do
> |  print item         # "item" is used by default
> |end
> |
> |Is this possible, without going to C-level?
>
> It's possible but you have to redefine the each method.  

ok

> That reminds me Groovy's it.  

I don't know "Groovy", but I dislike the "it", as it cannot be spoken
like "each item" or "each value".

I've just noticed repetitions within code like that:

names.each { |name| puts name} # 3 times "name(s)"

names.each { puts item }

names.each { puts e) # e = entry

> Currently I have no plan to change the core like that.

So this would be a low-priority issue?

Would a thoroughly worked out patch be accepted?

.

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