From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2005-10-17T02:21:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Keyword arguments in Rite

Stefan Kaes wrote:

> Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In message "Re: Keyword arguments in Rite"
>>    on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:09:09 +0900, Daniel Schierbeck 
>> <daniel.schierbeck@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> |Just one more question. I know you'll be able to write
>> |
>> |  def foo(a: 1, b: 2, c: 3)
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> |But will you also be able to write it as
>> |
>> |  def foo(:a => 1, :b => 2, :c => 3)
>>
>> Perhaps, or you will get a hash as a last argument.
>>
>> |Or maybe even (as I wrote before)
>> |
>> |  def foo(:a = 1, :b = 2, :c = 3)
>> |
>> |I can see that the key: value thing is cool, but :key = value would 
>> also |be nice. It is also clearer in method definitions.
>>
>> I just don't know how nice and clean it is.  It just seems to be
>> assignment to a symbol for me.
>>
>>                             matz.
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> I'm not quite up to date in this discussion, but, if
>
>    def foo(a = 1, b = 2)
>
> is the syntax for positional parameters with default values, I would 
> expect
>
>   def foo(:a = 1, :b = 2)
>
> to be the syntax for keyword arguments with default values.
>
> But that's just my personal expectation ;-)
>
> -- stefan kaes
>
>
Exactly :)

PS. I know I forgot the **keys

  def foo(:a = 1, :b = 2, **keys)


Cheers,
Daniel