[#4522] Undefined Errno::EPROTO and the like raises NameError — "Florian Frank" <flori@...>
Hi,
[#4533] giving acces readline to rl_line_buffer — "Cs. Henk" <csaba-ml@...>
Hi!
[#4548] Ruby 1.8.2 array of hash entries functions incorrectly — noreply@...
Bugs item #1613, was opened at 2005-03-09 19:49
[#4561] rb_reg_quote weirdness — Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-core@...>
(Two weirdnesses in one day.)
Hi,
[#4567] Immutable Ropes — Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-core@...>
Note how I didn't write "Immutable Strings" in the subject.
[#4575] Allowing "?" in struct members — "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Hi all,
[#4587] 0**0==1? — Bertram Scharpf <lists@...>
Hi,
[#4595] New block syntax — Daniel Amelang <daniel.amelang@...>
I'm really sorry if this isn't the place to talk about this. I've
Daniel Amelang wrote:
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On Monday 21 March 2005 16:17, David A. Black wrote:
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Hey David, I think that we've had some misunderstandings due to
Hi --
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 20:55, David A. Black wrote:
On Sunday 20 March 2005 21:31, Daniel Amelang wrote:
[#4601] Re: New block syntax — "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
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[#4611] want_object? - possible? — "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Hi all,
[#4619] Re: want_object? - possible? — Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
--- nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
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On 3/24/05, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
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On 4/14/05, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
On 14 Apr 2005, at 22:20, Mark Hubbart wrote:
On 4/15/05, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
[#4622] tempfile.rb — Tilman Sauerbeck <tilman@...>
Hi,
[#4648] about REXML::Encoding — speakillof <speakillof@...>
Hi.
On Thursday 31 March 2005 09:44, speakillof wrote:
Hi.
I've tested, applied, and committed your Encoding patch, Nobu.
Hi,
Re: New block syntax
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mathieu Bouchard [mailto:matju@sympatico.ca] > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:40 PM > To: ruby-core@ruby-lang.org > Subject: Re: New block syntax > > > > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Berger, Daniel wrote: > > > I extremely DISLIKE the new proposed syntax for > proc/blocks. I would > > rather we kept lambda/proc keyword mandatory, rather than > end up with > > goofball syntax like the above, just so we can make anonymous procs > > more Perly. > > Could you please tell us what makes the new syntax more > Perly, and the old syntax not Perly? Especially, please > comment on the following > examples: I was thinking of sub references in Perl/Tk actually. But, the "Perly" mention is hardly the point of my jab. My point is that the new syntax looks bad and will cause no end of confusion with Hash syntax now and into the future, IMHO. I just don't understand the push to alter existing syntax all so we can avoid typing the word "proc". There's a fine line between terse and obfuscated, and I fear we're slouching towards the latter. Regards, Dan