From: Jake <jsuntheimer@...>
Date: 2002-12-11T09:15:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Seeking Ruby Samadhi

Thanks everone.  That was fast.  It was the implicit call to self that was
lost on me.  Makes perfect sense now.  Enlightenment!  Sweet Enlightenment!
I.. I..
I can see my house from here! :)

Jake

"Jake" <jsuntheimer@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:ffc7e549.0212101445.49ac9b7e@posting.google.com...
> Hi all,
>
> First, here's a piece of working code that prints the values "1 2 3"
> as one would expect:
>
>
> class Array
>   def each2
>     each {|value| puts value}
>   end
> end
> [1, 2, 3].each2
>
>
> **HOW IN THE NAME OF ALAN TURING DOES _each2_ PASS _value_ TO
> _each_***?!?!  I could see how it works if the string ".each2" were
> literally replaced with ".each {|value| puts value}" (ala tcl), but
> everything i think i know about method calls tells me that its
> probably not that simple.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your assistance in helping me understand ruby!
> Jake