Anonymous class, body defined by Proc.new vs. lambda

Hello,

this is OK for both, Ruby 1.8 and 1.9:
  f = Proc.new{}; Class.new(&f)

But why is that valid for Ruby 1.8 only?
  f = lambda{}; Class.new(&f)

Ruby 1.9 complains
  `initialize': wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) (ArgumentError)
        from ./now.rb:21:in `new'
        from ./now.rb:21:in `<main>'

Regards
  Thomas

Thomas Hafner wrote:

Ruby 1.9 complains
  `initialize': wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) (ArgumentError)
        from ./now.rb:21:in `new'
        from ./now.rb:21:in `<main>'

Just a guess does this fix it?

   f = lambda{|o| }; Class.new(&f)

Something to do with lambdas defend their arity...

this is OK for both, Ruby 1.8 and 1.9:
f = Proc.new{}; Class.new(&f)

But why is that valid for Ruby 1.8 only?
f = lambda{}; Class.new(&f)

Ruby 1.9 complains
`initialize': wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) (ArgumentError)
       from ./now.rb:21:in `new'
       from ./now.rb:21:in `<main>'

the error message tells you why. it isn't hard to figure out what the arg is either:

>> f = lambda{|x| p x }; Class.new(&f)
#<Class:0x428ec>

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On Apr 25, 2009, at 14:20 , Thomas Hafner wrote: