From: Adam Prescott <adam@...>
Date: 2011-07-21T20:37:59+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:38327] Re: [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #5065][Open] Allow "}" as an alternative to "end"

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On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Lazaridis Ilias <ilias@lazaridis.com>wrote:

> module MyModule
>  class MyClass
>    def my_method
>      10.times {   # "10.times do" would work, too
>        if rand < 0.5
>          p :small
>        }
>      }
>    }
>  }
> }
>

I can't say I like this proposal, or my own thoughts below, but I would
expect this, instead:

module MyModule {
 class MyClass {
   def my_method {
     10.times {   # "10.times do" would work, too
       if rand < 0.5 {
         p :small
       }
     }
   }
 }
}

This keeps things consistent with blocks, e.g. 10.times { ... }, and makes
sure there are matching pairs.

That said, seeing "class MyClass {" is too great a deviation from existing
Ruby syntax for me to find it acceptable, personally; one of the enjoyable
things about Ruby is the lack of line noise, and this would probably count
as noise added.

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Lazaridis Ilias=
 <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ilias@lazaridis.com">ilias@lazarid=
is.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"=
margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<div id=3D":28b">module MyModule<br>
 =C2=A0class MyClass<br>
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0def my_method<br>
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A010.times { =C2=A0 # &quot;10.times do&quot; would work=
, too<br>
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0if rand &lt; 0.5<br>
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0p :small<br>
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0}<br>
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0}<br>
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0}<br>
 =C2=A0}<br>
}<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>I can&#39;t say I like this proposal=
, or my own thoughts below, but I would expect this, instead:</div><div><br=
></div><div><div>module MyModule {</div><div>=C2=A0class MyClass {</div><di=
v>

=C2=A0 =C2=A0def my_method {</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A010.times { =C2=
=A0 # &quot;10.times do&quot; would work, too</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0if rand &lt; 0.5 {</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0p =
:small</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0}</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0}</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0}</div><div>=C2=A0}</div>

<div>}</div></div><div><br></div><div>This keeps things consistent with blo=
cks, e.g. 10.times { ... }, and makes sure there are matching pairs.</div><=
div><br></div><div>That said, seeing &quot;class MyClass {&quot;=C2=A0is to=
o great a deviation from existing Ruby syntax for me to find it acceptable,=
 personally; one of the enjoyable things about Ruby is the lack of line noi=
se, and this would probably count as noise added.</div>


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