That call() stuff happens when you allow method invocation without parens. Otherwise, there would be no way to assign the proc without invoking it. I agree wit

That call() stuff happens when you allow method invocation without parens. Otherwise, there would be no way to assign the proc without invoking it. I agree with you about the scope stuff though. I think I even remember Matz lamenting it at one point and saying it may change in a later version. That was back at 1.8 though, so I guess at this point it's not going anywhere.