From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-05-16T21:07:41+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR: $INCLUDED global var

Hi --

On Fri, 16 May 2003, Brian Candler wrote:

> On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 07:54:36PM +0900, dblack@superlink.net wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 May 2003, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> >
> > > In message "Re: RCR: $INCLUDED global var"
> > >     on 03/05/16, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@PATH.Berkeley.EDU> writes:
> > >
> > > |What about
> > > |
> > > |   MAIN {
> > > |     # ...
> > > |   }
> > > |
> > > |It's sorta analogous with BEGIN and END.
> > >
> > > Better.  But I still want better name.
> >
> > RUN ?
>
> If it's a method then it can't have an initial capital, can it?

Yes:

  candle:~/hacking/ruby$ cat invoked.rb
  def RUN; yield if __FILE__ == $0; end

  def talk
    puts "Hello!"
  end

  RUN do
    talk
  end

  candle:~/hacking/ruby$ ruby invoked.rb
  Hello!
  candle:~/hacking/ruby$ ruby -e 'require "invoked"'
  candle:~/hacking/ruby$


David

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