What exactly is `&:capitalize` in Ruby?

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foo(&a_proc_object) turns a_proc_object into a block and calls foo with that block.

foo(&not_a_proc_object) calls to_proc on not_a_proc_object and then turns the proc object returned by to_proc into a block and calls foo with that block.

In ruby 1.8.7+ and active support Symbol#to_proc is defined to return a proc which calls the method named by the symbol on the argument to the proc.

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