From: ry dahl <ry@...>
Date: 2008-04-12T21:53:57+09:00
Subject: Re: syntax request

Yushuke,

Great! Thanks

Matz, Is it possible to get this in 1.8.7?

ry


On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Yusuke ENDOH <mame@tsg.ne.jp> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  2008/4/6 ry dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>:
>
> > But an alternate style which is often used in Haskell code is putting
>  > commas before the arguments and aligned in the same column
>  >
>  >  function( long_argument1
>  >         , long_param
>  >         , long_arg3
>  >         , something else
>  >         )
>  >
>  > I think this looks better and is easier to edit.
>
>  How very true.  It's very cool.
>  Before reading this thread, I did not know that we can write in 1.9:
>
>  > puts object
>  > .methods
>
>  I love the style too.
>
>
>  Even if I look at the situation objectively, comma may (or should) be
>  able to be put in a next line, as long as dot is able.
>
>
>
>  $ ./ruby -e '
>  x = { 1 => "1"
>     , 2 => "2"
>     , 3 => "3"
>     }
>  p x[3]
>  '
>  "3"
>
>  $ ./ruby -e '
>  def foo(*r)
>   p r.join(", ")
>  end
>
>  foo( "foo"
>    , "bar"
>    , "baz"
>    )
>  '
>  "foo, bar, baz"
>
>
>  Index: parse.y
>  ===================================================================
>  --- parse.y     (revision 15977)
>  +++ parse.y     (working copy)
>  @@ -6096,6 +6096,9 @@
>         }
>         while ((c = nextc())) {
>             switch (c) {
>  +             case ',':
>  +               pushback(',');
>  +               goto retry;
>               case ' ': case '\t': case '\f': case '\r':
>               case '\13': /* '\v' */
>                 space_seen++;
>
>  --
>  Yusuke ENDOH <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
>
>