How do I use Ruby's new lambda syntax?

Question

Ruby has lambda syntax, so I can use the -> symbol:

a = 0
new  -> { a < 5 }  do
   puts a
   a += 1
end

This works very well, but when I try to do this:

match "/", to:  -> { |e| [404, {}, ["Hello! I am micro rack app"]] }, via: [:get]
match( "/", to:  -> { |e| [404, {}, ["Hello! I am micro rack app"]] }, via: [:get] )
match( "/", { to:  -> { |e| [404, {}, ["Hello! I am micro rack app"]] }, via: [:get] })

all of the return the same syntax error:

$ ruby -c -e 'match( "/", to:  -> { |e| [404, {}, ["Hello! I am micro rack app"]] }, via: [:get] )'
-e:1: syntax error, unexpected '|'
match( "/", to:  -> { |e| [404, {}, ["Hello! I am mi...

Am I missing something?

^^^There is no "stack", its an syntax error. however, added line to show the syntax error. — CuriousMind, May 19 '13 at 08:12

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered May 19 '13 at 08:20

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I think that new syntax should be

match "/", to:  ->(e) { [404, {}, ["Hello! I am micro rack app"]] }, via: [:get]

answered May 19 '13 at 08:20

lis2

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score 9 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '13 at 08:20

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I think the syntax should be like this.

->(e) { [404, {}, ["Hello! I am micro rack app"]]

answered May 19 '13 at 08:20

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 28 '14 at 09:17

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It seems you are mixing -> and lambda syntax

match( "/", to:  lambda { |e| [404, {}, ["Hello! I am micro rack app"]] }, via: [:get] )

And

match( "/", to:  -> (e) { [404, {}, ["Hello! I am micro rack app"]] }, via: [:get] )

Personally I would use the 'lambda' syntax as it is more rubyish.

edited Feb 28 '14 at 09:17

Dorian

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answered Feb 12 '14 at 00:05

G. Allen Morris III

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How do I use Ruby's new lambda syntax?

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