很可能有人会在这里提供一个真正详细的答案，但我一直认为Robert Sosinski的这篇文章对block, procs和lambdas之间的微妙之处进行了很好的解释。

我应该补充一点，我所链接的这篇文章是专门针对ruby 1.8的。ruby 1.9中有一些变化，比如块变量是块的局部变量。在1.8中，你会得到如下内容:

>> a = "Hello"
=> "Hello"
>> 1.times { |a| a = "Goodbye" }
=> 1
>> a
=> "Goodbye"

而1.9会给你:

>> a = "Hello"
=> "Hello"
>> 1.times { |a| a = "Goodbye" }
=> 1
>> a
=> "Hello"

我在这台机器上没有1.9，所以上面可能有一个错误。

我有时会这样使用yield:

def add_to_http
   "http://#{yield}"
end

puts add_to_http { "www.example.com" }
puts add_to_http { "www.victim.com"}

关于收益率，我想说两点。首先，虽然这里有很多答案讨论了将块传递给使用yield的方法的不同方法，但我们也来讨论一下控制流。这是特别相关的，因为你可以多次屈服于一个块。让我们来看一个例子:

class Fruit
  attr_accessor :kinds

  def initialize 
    @kinds = %w(orange apple pear banana)
  end

  def each 
    puts 'inside each'
    3.times { yield (@kinds.tap {|kinds| puts "selecting from #{kinds}"} ).sample }
  end  
end

f = Fruit.new
f.each do |kind|
  puts 'inside block'
end    

=> inside each
=> selecting from ["orange", "apple", "pear", "banana"]
=> inside block
=> selecting from ["orange", "apple", "pear", "banana"]
=> inside block
=> selecting from ["orange", "apple", "pear", "banana"]
=> inside block

When the each method is invoked, it executes line by line. Now when we get to the 3.times block, this block will be invoked 3 times. Each time it invokes yield. That yield is linked to the block associated with the method that called the each method. It is important to notice that each time yield is invoked, it returns control back to the block of the each method in client code. Once the block is finished executing, it returns back to the 3.times block. And this happens 3 times. So that block in client code is invoked on 3 separate occasions since yield is explicitly called 3 separate times.

我的第二点是关于enum_for和yield。enum_for实例化Enumerator类，这个Enumerator对象也响应yield。

class Fruit
  def initialize
    @kinds = %w(orange apple)
  end

  def kinds
    yield @kinds.shift
    yield @kinds.shift
  end
end

f = Fruit.new
enum = f.to_enum(:kinds)
enum.next
 => "orange" 
enum.next
 => "apple" 

请注意，每次我们使用外部迭代器调用types时，它只会调用yield一次。下次我们调用它时，它会调用下一次收益率，以此类推。

关于enum_for有一个有趣的小细节。网上的文档说明如下:

enum_for(method = :each, *args) → enum
Creates a new Enumerator which will enumerate by calling method on obj, passing args if any.

str = "xyz"
enum = str.enum_for(:each_byte)
enum.each { |b| puts b }    
# => 120
# => 121
# => 122

如果你没有指定一个符号作为enum_for的参数，ruby会将枚举器挂接到接收方的each方法上。有些类没有each方法，比如String类。

str = "I like fruit"
enum = str.to_enum
enum.next
=> NoMethodError: undefined method `each' for "I like fruit":String

因此，对于使用enum_for调用的某些对象，必须显式说明枚举方法是什么。

我发现这篇文章很有用。特别是下面的例子:

#!/usr/bin/ruby

def test
  yield 5
  puts "You are in the method test"
  yield 100
end

test {|i| puts "You are in the block #{i}"}

test do |i|
    puts "You are in the block #{i}"
end

它应该给出以下输出:

You are in the block 5
You are in the method test
You are in the block 100
You are in the block 5
You are in the method test
You are in the block 100

因此，本质上，每次调用yield ruby时，都会运行do块或{}内部的代码。如果提供了一个参数来yield，那么它将作为参数提供给do块。

对我来说，这是我第一次真正理解do模块在做什么。它基本上是函数访问内部数据结构的一种方式，无论是用于迭代还是用于函数配置。

所以在rails中，你可以这样写:

respond_to do |format|
  format.html { render template: "my/view", layout: 'my_layout' }
end

This will run the respond_to function which yields the do block with the (internal) format parameter. You then call the .html function on this internal variable which in turn yields the code block to run the render command. Note that .html will only yield if it is the file format requested. (technicality: these functions actually use block.call not yield as you can see from the source but the functionality is essentially the same, see this question for a discussion.) This provides a way for the function to perform some initialisation then take input from the calling code and then carry on processing if required.

或者换句话说，它类似于一个函数以匿名函数作为参数，然后在javascript中调用它。

Yield可以用作在方法中返回值的无名块。考虑下面的代码:

Def Up(anarg)
  yield(anarg)
end

您可以创建一个方法“Up”，它被分配了一个参数。你现在可以将这个参数赋值给yield，它将调用并执行一个相关的块。您可以在参数列表之后分配块。

Up("Here is a string"){|x| x.reverse!; puts(x)}

当Up方法调用带有参数的yield时，它被传递给块变量以处理请求。

在Ruby中，方法可以检查调用方法时是否在正常参数之外提供了块。通常这是使用block_given?方法，但你也可以通过在最终参数名前加上&来将该块引用为显式Proc。

如果一个方法是用块调用的，那么如果需要的话，该方法可以通过一些参数将控制权交给块(调用块)。考虑这个示例方法，它演示了:

def foo(x)
  puts "OK: called as foo(#{x.inspect})"
  yield("A gift from foo!") if block_given?
end

foo(10)
# OK: called as foo(10)
foo(123) {|y| puts "BLOCK: #{y} How nice =)"}
# OK: called as foo(123)
# BLOCK: A gift from foo! How nice =)

或者，使用特殊的块参数语法:

def bar(x, &block)
  puts "OK: called as bar(#{x.inspect})"
  block.call("A gift from bar!") if block
end

bar(10)
# OK: called as bar(10)
bar(123) {|y| puts "BLOCK: #{y} How nice =)"}
# OK: called as bar(123)
# BLOCK: A gift from bar! How nice =)