From: "Radosław Bułat" <radek.bulat@...>
Date: 2008-05-30T01:15:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lambda with normal block syntax

Guys, I do understand why you don't like -> and maybe it is not
necessary with Eric Mahurin patch (I've tried it already and love it,
it works as I expected when was learning ruby - metod do |a, b=10,
*rest, &block| end etc). But why do you push Matz to use block = {||
... } syntax ? It is to hard to use lambda/proc/Proc.new? Especially
when {} could be mistaken with hash. When I learned Ruby I was so
happy that  (on the contrary to Perl) I don't have to parse code in my
mind so much. I can just read code. And adding things like block = {}
which could be very easly mistaken with hash is returning to so ugly
Perl things.

I ask again.
What's wrong with

fn = lambda {|p| puts p}
?

And why below version should be considered better?
fn = {|p| puts p}

AFAIR Perl 5.10 (I don't use Perl but read somewhere) introduced two
new operators: // and //=. I don't know exactly what it does but I can
only say that it sucks. After all it could be easily mistaken with ||
and ||=. Please, don't try make Ruby so perlish.

Eric, patch for doing parameters for blocks/lambads as methods works great.

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