From: "alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov)" <redmine@...>
Date: 2013-11-02T02:44:16+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:58124] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9070] Introduce `---` as	synonym of `end` keyword


Issue #9070 has been updated by alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov).


matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) wrote:
> 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.

So, maybe the Feedback status for now?  I imagine this is a matter of personal taste, i proposed because i think i would have liked my code to look like that.  This looks to me like the best approximation to the indentation based syntax without being indentation based.


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Feature #9070: Introduce `---` as synonym of `end` keyword
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9070#change-42714

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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