From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-02-08T00:15:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Using _ like in Scala?

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:

> I do this sometimes, but I do it like this
>
> %w[apple banana orange].each &method(:puts)
> # >> apple
> # >> banana
> # >> orange
>
> This one isn't too bad.

+1

> It can get kind of gross when you need to get the
> method from elsewhere, though:
>
> %w[apple banana orange].each &Kernel.method(:puts)
> # >> apple
> # >> banana
> # >> orange
>
> I wouldn't mind if there were cleaner ways of accessing the methods
> themselves (some kind of syntax).

I'd make it explicit as long as this "cleaner syntax" is lacking.

> Although what I'd really like would be a syntax for naming inline blocks,
> then my editor could fold the block body inside the name, something like
> %w[apple banana orange].each display
>
> And it would expand to something like
> %w[apple banana orange].each { |display -> fruit| puts fruit }

How would the above be derived from the line further up?

> But never found anything I was very happy with.

Actually in this case "puts fruits" would be the best solution. ;-)
Did anybody suggest it before?

Kind regards

robert

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