From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...>
Date: 2010-09-08T23:17:13+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:32142] Re: Ruby 2.0 Wiki/Wish-list?

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

+1 (though I would suggest returning an unbound method or what not).
Maybe symbol would work.

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

+1 (also have wished for that historically).

> -- true namespacing (i.e. adding a layer to const lookup without adding a class/metaclass)

I would be in favor of something like

namespace my_own
  class String
     def my_own_method
    end
  end
end

then I wouldn't be polluting the (global) String class.

> -- named parameters

+1 (though you can fake it currently: http://github.com/rdp/arguments)

Thanks!
-r