From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2008-05-30T00:09:23+09:00
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lambda with normal block syntax

Hi,

In message "Re: [PATCH] lambda with normal block syntax"
    on Thu, 29 May 2008 22:59:41 +0900, "Eric Mahurin" <eric.mahurin@gmail.com> writes:

|> The case I hate most is
|>
|>  meth {|a|...}
|>
|> can be parsed (by humans) both
|>
|>  meth({|a|...})
|>
|> and
|>
|>  meth() {|a|...}
|>
|> having too confusing semantics.
|
|But, this ambiguity already exists today:
|
|meth {}
|
|can be parsed (by humans) both
|
|meth({}) # {} is a Hash
|
|and
|
|meth() {} # {} is a block
|
|Precedence resolves this: block has higher precedence.

Yes, but hashes and blocks are completely different beasts; in
contrast blocks and lambdas are too similar (yet different).

							matz.