counting that out(regardless whether it is (dis)advantage or not), what else a block can do but not a named function ?
Alex Martelli wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > could someone enlighten me what is the advantage of block over named > > function ? > > > > One thing that I can see a difference may be lexical scope ? > > "Yes, but" -- according to the latest Ruby book, the "mixed lexical > scope" of blocks is a highly controversial notion in the Ruby community; > so I wouldn't necessarily count it as an _advantage_ of Ruby blocks... > > > Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list