From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2003-12-01T23:49:32+09:00
Subject: Re: anything disappearing from Ruby for 2.0?

Hi,

In message "Re: anything disappearing from Ruby for 2.0?"
    on 03/12/01, Carlos <angus@quovadis.com.ar> writes:

|Hi :) Here's another idea:
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|1) Make #.. a method (Integer#.. creates ranges, for example)
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|2) Make a shortcut to proc {...} (maybe "&{"? Anything, I don't know)
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|3) Define Proc#.. to work as a flip-flop
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|4) while &{ line =~ /abc/ }..&{ line =~ /def/ }
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|Not as easy as before, but almost...
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|What do you think?

I like the basic idea.  the "shortcut notation" would be a key.  I
couldn't think of a good one for years.  But someone might be able to.

							matz.