From: Kevin <darkintent@...>
Date: 2012-02-08T09:30:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Using _ like in Scala?

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 02:56:30PM +0900, Kevin wrote:
>>
>> It would make more sense to just eliminate the need to type even a
>> place holder while keeping the current form.  I.E. fruits.each{puts}
>> Or come up with semantics that allow the interpreter to accept an
>> input like "puts fruits" and have Ruby unwind the collection.
>
> What -- like this?
>
>    $ irb
>    >> fruits = ['apple', 'orange']
>    => ["apple", "orange"]
>    >> puts fruits
>    apple
>    orange
>    => nil
>
> --
> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
>
Yes.  Does this only work in the REPL?  I've never tried that kind of
order in real code.