class Proc

Creates a new Proc object, bound to the current context.

proc = Proc.new { "hello" }
proc.call   #=> "hello"

Raises ArgumentError if called without a block.

Proc.new    #=> ArgumentError

static VALUE
rb_proc_s_new(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
    VALUE block = proc_new(klass, FALSE, FALSE);

    rb_obj_call_init_kw(block, argc, argv, RB_PASS_CALLED_KEYWORDS);
    return block;
}

Returns a proc that is the composition of this proc and the given g. The returned proc takes a variable number of arguments, calls g with them then calls this proc with the result.

f = proc {|x| x * x }
g = proc {|x| x + x }
p (f << g).call(2) #=> 16

See Proc#>> for detailed explanations.

static VALUE
proc_compose_to_left(VALUE self, VALUE g)
{
    return rb_proc_compose_to_left(self, to_callable(g));
}

Two procs are the same if, and only if, they were created from the same code block.

def return_block(&block)
  block
end

def pass_block_twice(&block)
  [return_block(&block), return_block(&block)]
end

block1, block2 = pass_block_twice { puts 'test' }
# Blocks might be instantiated into Proc's lazily, so they may, or may not,
# be the same object.
# But they are produced from the same code block, so they are equal
block1 == block2
#=> true

# Another Proc will never be equal, even if the code is the "same"
block1 == proc { puts 'test' }
#=> false

static VALUE
proc_eq(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
    const rb_proc_t *self_proc, *other_proc;
    const struct rb_block *self_block, *other_block;

    if (rb_obj_class(self) !=  rb_obj_class(other)) {
        return Qfalse;
    }

    GetProcPtr(self, self_proc);
    GetProcPtr(other, other_proc);

    if (self_proc->is_from_method != other_proc->is_from_method ||
            self_proc->is_lambda != other_proc->is_lambda) {
        return Qfalse;
    }

    self_block = &self_proc->block;
    other_block = &other_proc->block;

    if (vm_block_type(self_block) != vm_block_type(other_block)) {
        return Qfalse;
    }

    switch (vm_block_type(self_block)) {
      case block_type_iseq:
        if (self_block->as.captured.ep != \
                other_block->as.captured.ep ||
                self_block->as.captured.code.iseq != \
                other_block->as.captured.code.iseq) {
            return Qfalse;
        }
        break;
      case block_type_ifunc:
        if (self_block->as.captured.ep != \
                other_block->as.captured.ep ||
                self_block->as.captured.code.ifunc != \
                other_block->as.captured.code.ifunc) {
            return Qfalse;
        }
        break;
      case block_type_proc:
        if (self_block->as.proc != other_block->as.proc) {
            return Qfalse;
        }
        break;
      case block_type_symbol:
        if (self_block->as.symbol != other_block->as.symbol) {
            return Qfalse;
        }
        break;
    }

    return Qtrue;
}

Returns a proc that is the composition of this proc and the given g. The returned proc takes a variable number of arguments, calls this proc with them then calls g with the result.

f = proc {|x| x * x }
g = proc {|x| x + x }
p (f >> g).call(2) #=> 8

g could be other Proc, or Method, or any other object responding to call method:

class Parser
  def self.call(text)
     # ...some complicated parsing logic...
  end
end

pipeline = File.method(:read) >> Parser >> proc { |data| puts "data size: #{data.count}" }
pipeline.call('data.json')

See also Method#>> and Method#<<.

static VALUE
proc_compose_to_right(VALUE self, VALUE g)
{
    return rb_proc_compose_to_right(self, to_callable(g));
}

Returns the number of mandatory arguments. If the block is declared to take no arguments, returns 0. If the block is known to take exactly n arguments, returns n. If the block has optional arguments, returns -n-1, where n is the number of mandatory arguments, with the exception for blocks that are not lambdas and have only a finite number of optional arguments; in this latter case, returns n. Keyword arguments will be considered as a single additional argument, that argument being mandatory if any keyword argument is mandatory. A proc with no argument declarations is the same as a block declaring || as its arguments.

proc {}.arity                  #=>  0
proc { || }.arity              #=>  0
proc { |a| }.arity             #=>  1
proc { |a, b| }.arity          #=>  2
proc { |a, b, c| }.arity       #=>  3
proc { |*a| }.arity            #=> -1
proc { |a, *b| }.arity         #=> -2
proc { |a, *b, c| }.arity      #=> -3
proc { |x:, y:, z:0| }.arity   #=>  1
proc { |*a, x:, y:0| }.arity   #=> -2

proc   { |a=0| }.arity         #=>  0
lambda { |a=0| }.arity         #=> -1
proc   { |a=0, b| }.arity      #=>  1
lambda { |a=0, b| }.arity      #=> -2
proc   { |a=0, b=0| }.arity    #=>  0
lambda { |a=0, b=0| }.arity    #=> -1
proc   { |a, b=0| }.arity      #=>  1
lambda { |a, b=0| }.arity      #=> -2
proc   { |(a, b), c=0| }.arity #=>  1
lambda { |(a, b), c=0| }.arity #=> -2
proc   { |a, x:0, y:0| }.arity #=>  1
lambda { |a, x:0, y:0| }.arity #=> -2

static VALUE
proc_arity(VALUE self)
{
    int arity = rb_proc_arity(self);
    return INT2FIX(arity);
}

Returns the binding associated with prc.

def fred(param)
  proc {}
end

b = fred(99)
eval("param", b.binding)   #=> 99

static VALUE
proc_binding(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE bindval, binding_self = Qundef;
    rb_binding_t *bind;
    const rb_proc_t *proc;
    const rb_iseq_t *iseq = NULL;
    const struct rb_block *block;
    const rb_env_t *env = NULL;

    GetProcPtr(self, proc);
    block = &proc->block;

    if (proc->is_isolated) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Can't create Binding from isolated Proc");

  again:
    switch (vm_block_type(block)) {
      case block_type_iseq:
        iseq = block->as.captured.code.iseq;
        binding_self = block->as.captured.self;
        env = VM_ENV_ENVVAL_PTR(block->as.captured.ep);
        break;
      case block_type_proc:
        GetProcPtr(block->as.proc, proc);
        block = &proc->block;
        goto again;
      case block_type_ifunc:
        {
            const struct vm_ifunc *ifunc = block->as.captured.code.ifunc;
            if (IS_METHOD_PROC_IFUNC(ifunc)) {
                VALUE method = (VALUE)ifunc->data;
                VALUE name = rb_fstring_lit("<empty_iseq>");
                rb_iseq_t *empty;
                binding_self = method_receiver(method);
                iseq = rb_method_iseq(method);
                env = VM_ENV_ENVVAL_PTR(block->as.captured.ep);
                env = env_clone(env, method_cref(method));
                /* set empty iseq */
                empty = rb_iseq_new(NULL, name, name, Qnil, 0, ISEQ_TYPE_TOP);
                RB_OBJ_WRITE(env, &env->iseq, empty);
                break;
            }
        }
        /* FALLTHROUGH */
      case block_type_symbol:
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Can't create Binding from C level Proc");
        UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Qnil);
    }

    bindval = rb_binding_alloc(rb_cBinding);
    GetBindingPtr(bindval, bind);
    RB_OBJ_WRITE(bindval, &bind->block.as.captured.self, binding_self);
    RB_OBJ_WRITE(bindval, &bind->block.as.captured.code.iseq, env->iseq);
    rb_vm_block_ep_update(bindval, &bind->block, env->ep);
    RB_OBJ_WRITTEN(bindval, Qundef, VM_ENV_ENVVAL(env->ep));

    if (iseq) {
        rb_iseq_check(iseq);
        RB_OBJ_WRITE(bindval, &bind->pathobj, iseq->body->location.pathobj);
        bind->first_lineno = FIX2INT(rb_iseq_first_lineno(iseq));
    }
    else {
        RB_OBJ_WRITE(bindval, &bind->pathobj,
                     rb_iseq_pathobj_new(rb_fstring_lit("(binding)"), Qnil));
        bind->first_lineno = 1;
    }

    return bindval;
}

Invokes the block, setting the block’s parameters to the values in params using something close to method calling semantics. Returns the value of the last expression evaluated in the block.

a_proc = Proc.new {|scalar, *values| values.map {|value| value*scalar } }
a_proc.call(9, 1, 2, 3)    #=> [9, 18, 27]
a_proc[9, 1, 2, 3]         #=> [9, 18, 27]
a_proc.(9, 1, 2, 3)        #=> [9, 18, 27]
a_proc.yield(9, 1, 2, 3)   #=> [9, 18, 27]

Note that prc.() invokes prc.call() with the parameters given. It’s syntactic sugar to hide “call”.

For procs created using lambda or ->() an error is generated if the wrong number of parameters are passed to the proc. For procs created using Proc.new or Kernel.proc, extra parameters are silently discarded and missing parameters are set to nil.

a_proc = proc {|a,b| [a,b] }
a_proc.call(1)   #=> [1, nil]

a_proc = lambda {|a,b| [a,b] }
a_proc.call(1)   # ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)

See also Proc#lambda?.

static VALUE
proc_call(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE procval)
{
    /* removed */
}

Returns a curried proc. If the optional arity argument is given, it determines the number of arguments. A curried proc receives some arguments. If a sufficient number of arguments are supplied, it passes the supplied arguments to the original proc and returns the result. Otherwise, returns another curried proc that takes the rest of arguments.

b = proc {|x, y, z| (x||0) + (y||0) + (z||0) }
p b.curry[1][2][3]           #=> 6
p b.curry[1, 2][3, 4]        #=> 6
p b.curry(5)[1][2][3][4][5]  #=> 6
p b.curry(5)[1, 2][3, 4][5]  #=> 6
p b.curry(1)[1]              #=> 1

b = proc {|x, y, z, *w| (x||0) + (y||0) + (z||0) + w.inject(0, &:+) }
p b.curry[1][2][3]           #=> 6
p b.curry[1, 2][3, 4]        #=> 10
p b.curry(5)[1][2][3][4][5]  #=> 15
p b.curry(5)[1, 2][3, 4][5]  #=> 15
p b.curry(1)[1]              #=> 1

b = lambda {|x, y, z| (x||0) + (y||0) + (z||0) }
p b.curry[1][2][3]           #=> 6
p b.curry[1, 2][3, 4]        #=> wrong number of arguments (given 4, expected 3)
p b.curry(5)                 #=> wrong number of arguments (given 5, expected 3)
p b.curry(1)                 #=> wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 3)

b = lambda {|x, y, z, *w| (x||0) + (y||0) + (z||0) + w.inject(0, &:+) }
p b.curry[1][2][3]           #=> 6
p b.curry[1, 2][3, 4]        #=> 10
p b.curry(5)[1][2][3][4][5]  #=> 15
p b.curry(5)[1, 2][3, 4][5]  #=> 15
p b.curry(1)                 #=> wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 3)

b = proc { :foo }
p b.curry[]                  #=> :foo

static VALUE
proc_curry(int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    int sarity, max_arity, min_arity = rb_proc_min_max_arity(self, &max_arity);
    VALUE arity;

    if (rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) == 0 || NIL_P(arity = argv[0])) {
        arity = INT2FIX(min_arity);
    }
    else {
        sarity = FIX2INT(arity);
        if (rb_proc_lambda_p(self)) {
            rb_check_arity(sarity, min_arity, max_arity);
        }
    }

    return make_curry_proc(self, rb_ary_new(), arity);
}

Returns a hash value corresponding to proc body.

See also Object#hash.

static VALUE
proc_hash(VALUE self)
{
    st_index_t hash;
    hash = rb_hash_start(0);
    hash = rb_hash_proc(hash, self);
    hash = rb_hash_end(hash);
    return ST2FIX(hash);
}

Returns true if a Proc object is lambda. false if non-lambda.

The lambda-ness affects argument handling and the behavior of return and break.

A Proc object generated by proc ignores extra arguments.

proc {|a,b| [a,b] }.call(1,2,3)    #=> [1,2]

It provides nil for missing arguments.

proc {|a,b| [a,b] }.call(1)        #=> [1,nil]

It expands a single array argument.

proc {|a,b| [a,b] }.call([1,2])    #=> [1,2]

A Proc object generated by lambda doesn’t have such tricks.

lambda {|a,b| [a,b] }.call(1,2,3)  #=> ArgumentError
lambda {|a,b| [a,b] }.call(1)      #=> ArgumentError
lambda {|a,b| [a,b] }.call([1,2])  #=> ArgumentError

Proc#lambda? is a predicate for the tricks. It returns true if no tricks apply.

lambda {}.lambda?            #=> true
proc {}.lambda?              #=> false

Proc.new is the same as proc.

Proc.new {}.lambda?          #=> false

lambda, proc and Proc.new preserve the tricks of a Proc object given by & argument.

lambda(&lambda {}).lambda?   #=> true
proc(&lambda {}).lambda?     #=> true
Proc.new(&lambda {}).lambda? #=> true

lambda(&proc {}).lambda?     #=> false
proc(&proc {}).lambda?       #=> false
Proc.new(&proc {}).lambda?   #=> false

A Proc object generated by & argument has the tricks

def n(&b) b.lambda? end
n {}                         #=> false

The & argument preserves the tricks if a Proc object is given by & argument.

n(&lambda {})                #=> true
n(&proc {})                  #=> false
n(&Proc.new {})              #=> false

A Proc object converted from a method has no tricks.

def m() end
method(:m).to_proc.lambda?   #=> true

n(&method(:m))               #=> true
n(&method(:m).to_proc)       #=> true

define_method is treated the same as method definition. The defined method has no tricks.

class C
  define_method(:d) {}
end
C.new.d(1,2)       #=> ArgumentError
C.new.method(:d).to_proc.lambda?   #=> true

define_method always defines a method without the tricks, even if a non-lambda Proc object is given. This is the only exception for which the tricks are not preserved.

class C
  define_method(:e, &proc {})
end
C.new.e(1,2)       #=> ArgumentError
C.new.method(:e).to_proc.lambda?   #=> true

This exception ensures that methods never have tricks and makes it easy to have wrappers to define methods that behave as usual.

class C
  def self.def2(name, &body)
    define_method(name, &body)
  end

  def2(:f) {}
end
C.new.f(1,2)       #=> ArgumentError

The wrapper def2 defines a method which has no tricks.

VALUE
rb_proc_lambda_p(VALUE procval)
{
    rb_proc_t *proc;
    GetProcPtr(procval, proc);

    return RBOOL(proc->is_lambda);
}

Returns the parameter information of this proc.

prc = lambda{|x, y=42, *other|}
prc.parameters  #=> [[:req, :x], [:opt, :y], [:rest, :other]]

static VALUE
rb_proc_parameters(VALUE self)
{
    int is_proc;
    const rb_iseq_t *iseq = rb_proc_get_iseq(self, &is_proc);
    if (!iseq) {
        return rb_unnamed_parameters(rb_proc_arity(self));
    }
    return rb_iseq_parameters(iseq, is_proc);
}

Marks the proc as passing keywords through a normal argument splat. This should only be called on procs that accept an argument splat (*args) but not explicit keywords or a keyword splat. It marks the proc such that if the proc is called with keyword arguments, the final hash argument is marked with a special flag such that if it is the final element of a normal argument splat to another method call, and that method call does not include explicit keywords or a keyword splat, the final element is interpreted as keywords. In other words, keywords will be passed through the proc to other methods.

This should only be used for procs that delegate keywords to another method, and only for backwards compatibility with Ruby versions before 2.7.

This method will probably be removed at some point, as it exists only for backwards compatibility. As it does not exist in Ruby versions before 2.7, check that the proc responds to this method before calling it. Also, be aware that if this method is removed, the behavior of the proc will change so that it does not pass through keywords.

module Mod
  foo = ->(meth, *args, &block) do
    send(:"do_#{meth}", *args, &block)
  end
  foo.ruby2_keywords if foo.respond_to?(:ruby2_keywords)
end

static VALUE
proc_ruby2_keywords(VALUE procval)
{
    rb_proc_t *proc;
    GetProcPtr(procval, proc);

    rb_check_frozen(procval);

    if (proc->is_from_method) {
            rb_warn("Skipping set of ruby2_keywords flag for proc (proc created from method)");
            return procval;
    }

    switch (proc->block.type) {
      case block_type_iseq:
        if (proc->block.as.captured.code.iseq->body->param.flags.has_rest &&
                !proc->block.as.captured.code.iseq->body->param.flags.has_kw &&
                !proc->block.as.captured.code.iseq->body->param.flags.has_kwrest) {
            proc->block.as.captured.code.iseq->body->param.flags.ruby2_keywords = 1;
        }
        else {
            rb_warn("Skipping set of ruby2_keywords flag for proc (proc accepts keywords or proc does not accept argument splat)");
        }
        break;
      default:
        rb_warn("Skipping set of ruby2_keywords flag for proc (proc not defined in Ruby)");
        break;
    }

    return procval;
}

Returns the Ruby source filename and line number containing this proc or nil if this proc was not defined in Ruby (i.e. native).

VALUE
rb_proc_location(VALUE self)
{
    return iseq_location(rb_proc_get_iseq(self, 0));
}

Part of the protocol for converting objects to Proc objects. Instances of class Proc simply return themselves.

static VALUE
proc_to_proc(VALUE self)
{
    return self;
}

Returns the unique identifier for this proc, along with an indication of where the proc was defined.

static VALUE
proc_to_s(VALUE self)
{
    const rb_proc_t *proc;
    GetProcPtr(self, proc);
    return rb_block_to_s(self, &proc->block, proc->is_lambda ? " (lambda)" : NULL);
}