From: wolf@... Date: 2018-03-04T22:39:53+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:85921] [Ruby trunk Feature#4824] Provide method Kernel#executed? Issue #4824 has been updated by graywolf (Gray Wolf). I'm not a native English speaker, so this whole comment might be completely off, but at least to me the ending `~able?` implies that it is possible to use it that way, not necessarily that is was used that way. So `Kernel#executable?` tells me that something is able to be executed, not that it was in fact executed. `is_standalone?` imho suffers from the same thing (btw why not just `standalone?`). At least to me `Kernel#executed?` looks better. But I like `__MAIN__` or `Kernel#main?` the best. ---------------------------------------- Feature #4824: Provide method Kernel#executed? https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/4824#change-70776 * Author: lazaridis.com (Lazaridis Ilias) * Status: Assigned * Priority: Normal * Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) * Target version: ---------------------------------------- The current construct to execute main code looks not very elegant: ~~~ruby if __FILE__ == $0 my_main() # call any method or execute any code end ~~~ With a `Kernel#executed?` method, this would become more elegant: ~~~ruby if executed? #do this #do that my_main() end ~~~ or ~~~ruby main() if executed? ~~~ This addition would not break any existent behaviour. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: