From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-10-05T11:54:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Local vs method vs instance (was: Operator Overloading)

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On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Wright <gwtmp01@mac.com> wrote:

>
> On Oct 4, 2011, at 5:15 PM, Adam Prescott wrote:
> > As far as I know, ->{} is absolutely no different from lambda {}.
>
>
> I'm not sure what bugs me so much about 'stabby lambda' but I just don't
> like it.  The only advantage I can see is that since it is syntax, there
> might be some parse-time optimization that can be employed during
> construction of the lambda.  Since 'lambda' is a method invocation and not a
> keyword these optimizations might not be possible with 'lambda'.  Charles
> Nutter might have some words of wisdom on that since it is similar to the
> obstacles associated with eval being a method and not a keyword.
>
> Gary Wright
>
>
I've started using it in RSpec.

-> { whatever }.should_not raise_error
lambda { whatever }.should_not raise_error

I prefer the former. Almost all the rest of the time, I prefer the latter.

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