On Jul 8, 2007, at 7:58 PM, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: Yield should be renamed call_block"
> on Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:10:23 +0900, Bharat Ruparel
> <
bruparel@...> writes:
>
> |I find it fascinating and quite a bit true. However, I have to
> always
> |mentally translate the keyword "yeild" to mean "call_block".
>
> The "yield" keyword is used for this purpose from the ages of
> languages for example in CLU. So if you learn the history and the
> culture, you will find less problem.
>
> I am not going to rename it. But in far future (3.0? maybe), the
> keyword will be removed from the language, and you will access blocks
> via block arguments of methods.
>
> matz.
>
to the OP, Of course with your won individual modules/libraries
loaded/required, you can alias yield to be whatever isn't already
taken by something else. Ideas for aliases: yield_to, call_block,
step_out, segway, divert, fork, short_fork, lunch_break, junk_time,
call_junk, goto ((hehehe...))
John Joyce
