From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-07-11T15:42:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Lambdaification of Method Calls

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Michael Sokol <mikaa123@gmail.com> wrote:
>> class Object
>>  def to_lambda(method, *a)
>>    lambda {|*b| send(method, *a, *b)}
>>  end
>> end
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong (I've had a glass too much), but this looks like partially applied functions to me. It's used all over the place in functional programming, e.g. currying.

There are some similarities but the underlying object is usually not a
lambda as it would be for currying.  I prefer to look at it as a
convenient way to bundle an object with a method call and its
arguments for later use.

Kind regards

robert

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