From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2012-04-25T07:55:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:44609] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #6353][Assigned] caller-side **

Hi,

In message "Re: [ruby-core:44591] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6353][Assigned] caller-side **"
    on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:04:03 +0900, "mame (Yusuke Endoh)" <mame@tsg.ne.jp> writes:

|However, it conflicts with power expression when parens are omitted:
|
|  foo **h  # foo(**h)? or foo.send("**", h)?
|
|Which should it be interpreted?

It should be interpreted as *, i.e.

  foo *a   # foo(*a)
  foo * a  # foo.*(a)
  foo*a    # foo.*(a)

thus

  foo **h  # foo(**h)
  foo ** h # foo.**(h)
  foo**h   # foo.**(h)

							matz.