From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2008-11-14T17:33:44+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:19932] Re: {Proc,Method}#parameters (Re: Proposal: Method#get_args)

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 03:09:52PM +0900, Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:44:53 +0900,
> Brian Candler wrote in [ruby-core:19915]:
> > That does give me an idea. Since "?" is not legal in a variable name, then a
> > very simple option could be
> > 
> >    def foo(a, b, c=123, d=nil, *e, &blk)
> > 
> >      => ["a", "b", "?c", "?d", "*e", "&blk"]
> 
> It's simplest.
> 
> >    define_method(:bar) { |a,(b,c)|    }
> > 
> >      => ["a", ["b", "c"]]
> 
> Is it really necessary?

Probably not. Maybe ["a", "()"], otherwise ["a", nil] as you propose.