From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2005-10-12T03:09:25+09:00
Subject: Keyword arguments in Rite

Hello everybody! I'm new to this list, so please don't flame me if what 
I'm saying is absolute nonsense.

I was looking at the RubyGarden page about Rite 
(http://rubygarden.org/ruby?Rite), and I starting playing around with 
the keyword argument syntax. Basically, I think it's rather confusing. 
Take this for example:

  a: :b

This would be the same as :a => :b. Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't 
really shine through that you're assigning the value :b to the keyword 
:a. I think this is much clearer

  :a = :b

  def foo (:bar = "bar", :baz = 123); end

  some_method(:a = 1, :b = 2, :c = 3)

It has the same syntax as variable setting, which I think is appropriate.


Yours sincerely,
Daniel Schierbeck