From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2010-09-08T16:37:46+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:32131] Re: Ruby 2.0 Wiki/Wish-list?

Hi,

In message "Re: [ruby-core:32117] Re: Ruby 2.0 Wiki/Wish-list?"
    on Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:12:44 +0900, Joshua Ballanco <jballanc@gmail.com> writes:

|-- "def" returns a lambda instead of nil

"def" defines a method, which is slightly different in Ruby, so that
returning a lambda would not be a good choice.  Some suggested to make
"def" to return a symbol of the defining method.

|-- adding parens "()" to a lambda has the effect of calling it (i.e. my_lambda.() --> my_lambda() )

I have tried but couldn't make it possible.  If you have an idea, I am
open to hear.

|-- named parameters

Keyword arguments will be available on 2.0.

|-- full access to subclass from metaclasses (i.e. allow prototype-style inheritance)
|-- true namespacing (i.e. adding a layer to const lookup without adding a class/metaclass)

I have no idea on above two.  Could you elaborate?

							matz.