On 25.04.2009 13:24, Steven Taylor wrote:
> Phlip wrote:
> 
>> Blocks are mondo-important, and those other (corporate!) languages 
>> should be
>> ashamed they don't have them yet...
>>
>>> Is this how things are or are there some techniques to smooth this
>>> process somewhat?
>> Write lots of unit tests.
> 
> Thanks.  I'll look into the 'longcut' version, at least that appears, on
> the face of it, to be the explicit version (which suits my way of
> thinking).

It used to be a bit slower though.  I haven't done any measurements with 
1.9.1 but my rule of thumb is: use explicit block if you need to store 
the block or pass it on to another method, use yield otherwise.

Kind regards

	robert

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