old style has a modern equivalent?

Roger Pack <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:14:04 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.ruby.documentation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Question.
Does this "old style" rdoc

    # Write ((|data|)) to a registry value named ((|name|)).

Have an equivalent (data and name were parameters).
Thanks!
-r