On Nov 18, 2007 12:40 AM, Steven Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rspec is all about using natural language to define behavior. In this > context, I feel that lambda is sorely out of place. I was chatting on > #irc and a pal of mine (wycats) proposed an interesting alternative: > > alias_method :doing, :lambda > > so instead of something like > > lambda {post :create, {:title => nil}}.should > raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid) > > we get > > doing {post :create, {:title => nil}}.should > raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid) > > Now it reads like a sentence..much cleaner and less abstract to those of > us who are not Ruby wizards (yet) > > Chatting with other folks and they are hyped on the idea. > > What do you guys think? > > Any chance we could get something like this into trunk?
Probably not. There was a longer discussion of it here: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=13837&group_id=797&atid=3152 As you point out, creating an alias is a one-liner. The main reason I don't want to add it is that lambda is a common idiom, and I don't want to set precedence of aliasing core Ruby idioms just because some people don't like the ones in Ruby. Aslak > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users