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9 pointsraganwald2 comments

Hm. Obviously not as elegant, but I'm sure someone more versed with Ruby could do better.

  class Object
      def _ &block
          instance_eval &block
      end
  end

  s = "Hello"
  s._ do
      upcase!
      chop._ do
          downcase
      end
  end #=> "hell"

  s #=> "HELLO"

Using { } for block syntax may be more appealing to some, as well.

I have done instance_eval-ish stuff in Ruby. There are some tricky bits when you do this, as it changes how methods with blocks behave when inside other methods with blocks. But I like the way you think!

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