Feature #6298: Proc#+

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[trans (Thomas Sawyer)]

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Maybe there is another way to do this, and if so please enlighten me.

I have a case where collection of blocks need to be handled as if a single block, e.g.

class BlockCollection
def initialize(*procs)
@procs = procs
end
def to_proc
procs = @procs
Proc.new{ |*a| procs.each{ |p| p.call(*a) } }
end
end

The issue with this is with #to_proc. It's not going to do the right thing if a BlockCollection instance is passed to #instance_eval b/c it would not actually be evaluating each internal block via #instance_eval.

But if we change it to:

def to_proc
  Proc.new{ |*a| procs.each{ |p| instance_exec(*a, &p) } }
end

It would do the right thing with #instance_eval, but it would no longer do the right thing for #call, b/c would it evaluate in the context of BlockCollection instance instead of where the blocks weer defined.

So, unless there is some way to do this that I do not see, to handle this Ruby would have to provide some means for it. To this end Proc#+ is a possible candidate which could truly combine two procs into one.
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[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

Hello,

I think you have valid concern. AFAIK, there is no way to do this.
But #5007 (Proc#call_under) is apparently a more general solution
for this issue.
You will be able to write BlockCollection with Proc#call_under:

def to_proc
Proc.new{ |*a| procs.each{ |p| p.call_under(self, *a) } }
end

So, let's discuss the feature in that thread.

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Yusuke Endoh [e-mail]