From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-02-21T06:03:38+09:00
Subject: Re: proc {} vs. Method#to_proc

Hi --

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Mauricio [iso-8859-1] Fern�ndez wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 01:19:17AM +0900, dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote:
> > Hi --
> >
> > Arising from a recent discussion on #ruby-lang:
> >
> > Proc objects created by Method#to_proc seem to care about their arity
> > in a way that other Proc objects don't.  To illustrate:
>
> Procs don't care about the arity when they are transformed into blocks
> with '&': unneeded arguments are discarded and if there's not enough
> they get filled with nil.

But that isn't what's happening with the to_proc procs.  That's why
their behavior strikes me as anomalous.


David

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