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Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and ->

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Stu wrote in post #993715:
>> c = lambda { |;init| init = 200; ...etc... }.call
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> What does the semicolon tell the interpreter here?

It's a block-local variable. You can think of it as a block argument 
which is never passed by the caller, so always gets nil. Compare:

c = lambda { |init| ... }      # init is local, value is passed

c = lambda { |init;x,y| ... }  # init is local, value is passed;
                               # x and y are local, no value passed

So given:

init = 123
c = lambda { |;init| init = 456; ... }
puts init # 123

then the 'init' inside the lambda is always a different 'init' to the 
one outside. Any arguments which the lambda took would come before the 
semicolon, but there are zero in this case.

For more info google "ruby block local variables"

IMO it ranks with '->' as an ugly and unnecessary bit of 1.9 syntax, but 
tastes vary. See what you think of:

c = ->(;init) { init=100; ->{init += 1} }.call

Regards,

Brian.

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anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> - 2011-04-19 01:07 -0500
  Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-19 02:30 -0500
  Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-19 03:05 -0500
    Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-19 03:15 -0500
      Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> - 2011-04-19 04:57 -0500
        Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-19 07:24 -0500
          Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Adam Prescott <adam@aprescott.com> - 2011-04-19 14:55 -0500
      Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> - 2011-04-19 16:43 -0500
        Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-19 18:48 -0500
        Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-19 21:28 -0500
          Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> - 2011-04-20 01:03 -0500
            Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-20 02:23 -0500
              Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> - 2011-04-20 05:55 -0500
            Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-20 12:32 -0500
              Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> - 2011-04-20 12:59 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-20 15:40 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-20 19:51 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> - 2011-04-21 01:31 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-21 04:34 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-21 06:13 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-21 09:20 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-21 11:56 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> - 2011-04-21 12:06 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-27 06:49 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> - 2011-04-27 13:33 -0500
                Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> - 2011-04-27 17:06 -0500
  Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-19 13:02 -0500
    Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-19 13:19 -0500
      Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> - 2011-04-19 13:26 -0500
        Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Michael Edgar <adgar@carboni.ca> - 2011-04-19 13:51 -0500
          Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-20 10:18 -0500
            Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@bopp.net> - 2011-04-20 12:44 -0500

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