From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-02-01T05:04:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Save the flip/flop op!

Phil Tomson wrote:
>>That's why I personally would like to see it gone, and good riddance. 
>>You, of course, are welcome to root for a pardon, but I just wanted to 
>>make sure the other side of the aisle was represented :-)
>>
> And just what would you replace that functionality with? 

Phil,

I'm with Nathaniel. Save the functionality but please KILL the
syntax. Only a perler could love it. (No offense meant.)

I haven't thought this through yet. But let's do it with a
method call.

   #untested
   f.set_context(/BEGIN/,/END/)
   f.each_line do |l|
     if f.in_context
       # do something with l...
     else
       # whatever
     end
   end


Comments, Phil? Nathaniel? Others?


Hal