[Ruby] On String#to_proc (by Reginald Braithwaite)

2007-10-30T14:50:16+00:00

Nice!
I should post the rspec tests too, to update them (they're on the original article). I'll do that _after_ my presentation at MontrealonRails next tuesday, though. I'm busy enough preparing for that ;-)

[Ruby] String#to_proc (by Reginald Braithwaite)

2007-10-28T06:27:58+00:00

Reginald Braithwaite has a very interesting article on his blog at http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/10/stringtoproc.html where he presents a port for Ruby of String Lambdas from Oliver Steele’s Functional Javascript. It's exceedingly cool :-)
Go read the article to see what it does first.
I thought I could post it here when I saw Giles Bowkett used pastie to submit a suggestion.

# String#to_proc
#
# See http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/10/stringtoproc.html ( Subscribe in a reader)
#
# Ported from the String Lambdas in Oliver Steele's Functional Javascript
# http://osteele.com/sources/javascript/functional/
#
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#
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class String
  unless ''.respond_to?(:to_proc)
    def to_proc &block
      params = []
      expr = self
      sections = expr.split(/\s*->\s*/m)
      if sections.length > 1 then
          eval sections.reverse!.inject { |e, p| "(Proc.new { |#{p.split(/\s/).join(', ')}| #{e} })" }, block && block.binding
      elsif expr.match(/\b_\b/)
          eval "Proc.new { |_| #{expr} }", block && block.binding
      else
          leftSection = expr.match(/^\s*(?:[+*\/%&|\^\.=<>\[]|!=)/m)
          rightSection = expr.match(/[+\-*\/%&|\^\.=<>!]\s*$/m)
          if leftSection || rightSection then
              if (leftSection) then
                  params.push('$left')
                  expr = '$left' + expr
              end
              if (rightSection) then
                  params.push('$right')
                  expr = expr + '$right'
              end
          else
              self.gsub(
                  /(?:\b[A-Z]|\.[a-zA-Z_$])[a-zA-Z_$\d]*|[a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z_$\d]*:|self|arguments|'(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*'|"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"/, ''
              ).scan(
                /([a-z_$][a-z_$\d]*)/i
              ) do |v|  
                params.push(v) unless params.include?(v)
              end
          end
          eval "Proc.new { |#{params.join(', ')}| #{expr} }", block && block.binding
      end
    end
  end
end

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