[ruby-core:58121] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9070] Introduce `---` as synonym of `end` keyword

Issue #9070 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto).

Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

Hmm, interesting idea. But it looks bit ugly, isn't it?

FYI, I have once experimented ';;' as replacement of 'end' (I even modified ruby-mode.el as well).
But it turned out to be confusing, and I gave up.

I am not sure your '---' idea will work.  Seems better than ';;' at least.

Matz.
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Feature #9070: Introduce `---` as synonym of `end` keyword
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9070#change-42712

Author: alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Category: 
Target version: 


=begin
This is just an idea: introduce "(({---}))" as synonym of "(({end}))" keyword.

It is a bit easier to type and to read, and makes whitespace insensitive language look as if it follows off-side rule.  Compare:

  class Person
    attr_reader :name, :age
    def initialize(name, age)
      @name, @age = name, age
    ---
    def <=>(person) # the comparison operator for sorting
      age <=> person.age
    ---
    def to_s
      "#{name} (#{age})"
    ---
  ---

  class Person
    attr_reader :name, :age
    def initialize(name, age)
      @name, @age = name, age
    end
    def <=>(person) # the comparison operator for sorting
      age <=> person.age
    end
    def to_s
      "#{name} (#{age})"
    end
  end

=end


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