On Oct 22, 7:48 am, Stefan Rusterholz <apei...@[...].net>  wrote:
>  Dan Yoder wrote:
>  > Robert and David are right - you can use instance_eval. If you really
>  > want with, it is very easy to add:
> 
>  > module Kernel
>  >   def with(object,&block)
>  >     object.instance_eval &block
>  >   end
>  > end
> 
>  > with([1,2,3]) { length } # => 3
> 
>  > ---
>  > Dan Yoder
>  >http://dev.zeraweb.com/
>  > Ruby And JavaScript Consulting
> 
>  Why not just alias instance_eval? Would achieve the same and is less
>  overhead.
> 
>  Regards
>  Stefan
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Probably because it wouldn't read right anymore.

"With [this object] do [some stuff]" reads naturally, whereas "[this
object] with [some stuff]" is somewhat strange.

--
-yossef