From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-10-22T05:24:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:19431] Re: Now that lambda has more powerful arguments...

Hi --

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Paul Brannan wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 04:38:19AM +0900, David A. Black wrote:
>> Yes; I believe it's got the full complement of method argument
>> semantics at this point.
>>
>>   lambda {|a,b=1,*c,d| ... }
>
> So long as the default value doesn't include a '|' character?

Yes; then you'd have to do b=(x|y). I suppose that counts as a
difference with ->(){}, but I hope it's not enough to stop the removal
of ->(){} (which I'm rooting for).


David

-- 
Rails training from David A. Black and Ruby Power and Light:
   Intro to Ruby on Rails  January 12-15   Fort Lauderdale, FL
   Advancing with Rails    January 19-22   Fort Lauderdale, FL *
   * Co-taught with Patrick Ewing!
See http://www.rubypal.com for details and updates!