From: Elias Athanasopoulos <elathan@...>
Date: 2004-02-08T04:37:28+09:00
Subject: [RFC] 'via' proposal

Hello!

Well, just a thought... Consider that:

1000.times do |a, b, c|
    a = ...
    b = ...
    c = ...
    bar a
    bar b
    bar c
    foo 
end

Okay, this is a bad design, but let's say that I can't change
it. Can a Ruby syntax structure like the one below constructed
in an (almost) easy way?

via bar foo do |a, b, c|
    a = ...
    b = ...
    c = ...
end

i.e. can I construct in pure Ruby or via a C extension a 'via' 
method for Object, which will enhance:

foo do { |...| ... }

in a way, that all block arguments will be passed in another
method before the end of the block?

If all these do not make sense, just forgive me. It's night
here. :-)

Regards,
-- 
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