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In a function, I can find out if a block was given using block_given?,
but there's no way I can find to get hold of that block if it's there--
I can only yield to it, so far as I can tell. I know there has to be a
method somewhere to do this, could some kind soul enlighten me?

Many thanks,
Ken

Kenneth McDonald <> wrote:

> In a function, I can find out if a block was given using block_given?,
> but there's no way I can find to get hold of that block if it's there--
> I can only yield to it, so far as I can tell. I know there has to be a
> method somewhere to do this, could some kind soul enlighten me?
>
> Many thanks,
> Ken

def my_meth param, &block
p block
end

Regards,
Jan Friedrich

Ken, you can use Proc.new

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Proc.html#M001573

Regards,
Pit

Unfortunately, that produces a method that _requires_ a block--I want
one where the block is optional. But thanks for the feedback.

Ken


On Nov 26, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Jan Friedrich wrote:

> Kenneth McDonald <> wrote:
>
>> In a function, I can find out if a block was given using
>> block_given?,
>> but there's no way I can find to get hold of that block if it's
>> there--
>> I can only yield to it, so far as I can tell. I know there has to
>> be a
>> method somewhere to do this, could some kind soul enlighten me?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Ken
>
> def my_meth param, &block
> p block
> end
>
> Regards,
> Jan Friedrich
>

[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]

2008/11/26 Jan Friedrich <>

> Kenneth McDonald <> wrote:
>
> > In a function, I can find out if a block was given using block_given?,
> > but there's no way I can find to get hold of that block if it's there--
> > I can only yield to it, so far as I can tell. I know there has to be a
> > method somewhere to do this, could some kind soul enlighten me?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Ken
>
> def my_meth param, &block
> p block
> end



The way I understood the question was as follows:

def my_method(arg)
if block_given?
yield(arg)
end
end

How to get a reference to the given block in this situation? This is
especially true if you use define_method, which cannot specify a block param
(at least not in 1.. Any suggestions?

Kenneth McDonald wrote:
> Unfortunately, that produces a method that _requires_ a block

No, it does not.

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On Nov 26, 10:54=A0am, Kenneth McDonald
<kenneth.m.mcdon...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Unfortunately, that produces a method that _requires_ a block--I want
> one where the block is optional. But thanks for the feedback.

Did you try it?

>> my_meth(5) { puts 'hi' }
#<Proc:0x0006ae28@(irb):10>
>> my_meth(5)
nil

--
-yossef

Whoops, apologies to all. Didn't realize &b arguments were optional.

K


On Nov 26, 2008, at 11:00 AM, Yossef Mendelssohn wrote:

> On Nov 26, 10:54 am, Kenneth McDonald
> <kenneth.m.mcdon...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, that produces a method that _requires_ a block--I want
>> one where the block is optional. But thanks for the feedback.
>
> Did you try it?
>
>>> my_meth(5) { puts 'hi' }
> #<Proc:0x0006ae28@(irb):10>
>>> my_meth(5)
> nil
>
> --
> -yossef
>