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Re: calling methods, beginner help

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Ronnie Aa wrote in post #995728:
> With procedures I mean this:
>
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Proc.html.
>
> 'Proc' is a abbreviation of procedure isn't it?

No, it's a Proc :-) A Proc object can either be a block crystallised 
into an object, or a lambda. It carries the semantics of either.

$ irb --simple-prompt
>> def foo(&blk); blk; end
=> nil
>> foo { puts "hello" }
=> #<Proc:0x00007fdbc6eceba0@(irb):2>

>> lambda { puts "hello" }
=> #<Proc:0x00007fdbc6ec4f10@(irb):3>

You probably don't want to concern yourself with the differences, but 
the gory details are here:
http://innig.net/software/ruby/closures-in-ruby.rb

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calling methods, beginner help Ronnie Aa <liquid98@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 12:06 -0500
  Re: calling methods, beginner help Markus Schirp <mbj@seonic.net> - 2011-04-28 12:14 -0500
  Re: calling methods, beginner help 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-28 12:23 -0500
  Re: calling methods, beginner help Ronnie Aa <liquid98@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 12:44 -0500
    Re: calling methods, beginner help Markus Schirp <mbj@seonic.net> - 2011-04-28 13:03 -0500
    Re: calling methods, beginner help 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-28 13:03 -0500
    Re: calling methods, beginner help Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-28 15:29 -0500
  Re: calling methods, beginner help Ronnie Aa <liquid98@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 13:40 -0500
  Re: calling methods, beginner help Ronnie Aa <liquid98@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 16:05 -0500
    Re: calling methods, beginner help Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-29 03:02 -0500
      Re: calling methods, beginner help Ronnie Aa <liquid98@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 04:27 -0500
        Re: calling methods, beginner help Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-29 13:19 -0500
        Re: calling methods, beginner help Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> - 2011-04-29 15:24 -0500

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