From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2003-12-02T14:38:12+09:00
Subject: Re: anything disappearing from Ruby for 2.0?

Hi,

At Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:36:25 +0900,
Carlos wrote:
> Hi :) Here's another idea:
> 
> 1) Make #.. a method (Integer#.. creates ranges, for example)
> 
> 2) Make a shortcut to proc {...} (maybe "&{"? Anything, I don't know)
> 
> 3) Define Proc#.. to work as a flip-flop
> 
> 4) while &{ line =~ /abc/ }..&{ line =~ /def/ }

This needs a hidden flip-flop variable, otherwise matching
/abc/ will be performed each time.

Of course, you can do it like this, but, hmmmm...

  (&{ line =~ /abc/ }..&{ line =~ /def/ }).while do
    # ...
  end

-- 
Nobu Nakada