From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2009-08-24T13:21:58+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:25069] Re: Proposal: Simpler block format Hi, In message "Re: [ruby-core:25068] Re: Proposal: Simpler block format" on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:03:53 +0900, brian ford writes: |Could we add def {} and see by usage which prevails? Or take a |world-wide vote (perhaps weighted by number of lines of Ruby code |written by the voter)? The def keyword is to define a method. I assume your def {} proposal is to declare an anonymous procedure object, which is NOT a method at all. For me, the difference is big enough to reject the proposal. matz.