From: Mark Wilson <mwilson13@...>
Date: 2003-06-18T08:18:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Reason for implicit block syntax ?

http://www.rubygarden.org/article.php?sid=294

On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 05:09 PM, you CAN teach an old dog ... 
wrote:

> [snip]

> And, along the way, any answers to my question (on a separate thread)
> about why
>    def ... end
> returns nil, instead of some kind of method object

> [snip]

For those interested in seeing this in Ruby, there is an RCR and 
related discussion discussing various possible return values for def 
... end besides 'nil'. So far there are 11 votes (7 - Great idea, 2 - 
Good idea, 2- Rather not).

http://www.rubygarden.org/article.php?sid=294