pjb3

class Symbol
  def |(*args)
    @args = args
    self
  end

  def to_proc
    Proc.new { |obj|
      obj.send *[self] + (@args || [])
    }

pjb3

# best way to code: if event is nil, true, otherwise if event.user == user true, else false

# seems clear but is so vertically long for such a simple thing
if event
  event.user == user
else
  true
end

# nice and compact but wtf does it mean

pjb3

# I hear that aliasing lambda is bad, but this is
# much more readable...

def this_block(&block)
  block
end

this_block{ @this.destroy }.should change(Thing, :count).by(-1)