* eval.c (Init_Proc): make proc as an alias to Proc.new.

  [ruby-dev:24848]


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@7270 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0261ffb6db..a3776a8e85 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Nov 15 08:58:55 2004  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* eval.c (Init_Proc): make proc as an alias to Proc.new.
+	  [ruby-dev:24848]
+
 Mon Nov 15 00:46:03 2004  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (rb_yield_0): lambda{}.call(1) should raise exception.
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 2f58a216dd..cf886db648 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -8060,6 +8060,13 @@ proc_s_new(argc, argv, klass)
     return block;
 }
 
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   proc   { |...| block }  => a_proc
+ *
+ * Equivalent to <code>Proc.new</code>.
+ */
+
 VALUE
 rb_block_proc()
 {
@@ -8075,7 +8082,6 @@ rb_f_lambda()
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *   proc   { |...| block }  => a_proc
  *   lambda { |...| block }  => a_proc
  *
  * Equivalent to <code>Proc.new</code>, except the resulting Proc objects
@@ -8231,8 +8237,7 @@ proc_call(proc, args)
  *  to take exactly n arguments, returns n. If the block has optional
  *  arguments, return -n-1, where n is the number of mandatory
  *  arguments. A <code>proc</code> with no argument declarations
- *  returns -1, as it can accept (and ignore) an arbitrary number of
- *  parameters.
+ *  is handled like a block declaring <code>||</code> as its arguments.
  *     
  *     Proc.new {}.arity          #=>  0
  *     Proc.new {||}.arity        #=>  0
@@ -9294,7 +9299,7 @@ Init_Proc()
     rb_define_method(rb_cProc, "to_proc", proc_to_self, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cProc, "binding", proc_binding, 0);
 
-    rb_define_global_function("proc", proc_lambda, 0);
+    rb_define_global_function("proc", rb_block_proc, 0);
     rb_define_global_function("lambda", proc_lambda, 0);
 
     rb_cMethod = rb_define_class("Method", rb_cObject);