From: Joseph Jones <joeyi5216@...>
Date: 2015-12-17T21:06:19-07:00
Subject: [ruby-core:72265] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11758] [Open] Add keyword assignment syntax

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Joseph Jones liked your message with Boxer. On December 1, 2015 at 08:15:=
01 MST, elia=40schito.me wrote:Issue =2311758 has been reported by Elia S=
chito.----------------------------------------=46eature =2311758: Add key=
word assignment syntaxhttps://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11758* Author: El=
ia Schito* Status: Open* Priority: Normal* Assignee: --------------------=
--------------------I think keyword assignments would be a useful additio=
n, especially since the introduction of keyword argumentsThe basic exampl=
e would be, and is expected to work like required keyword arguments:=7E=7E=
=7Erubya:, b: =3D =7Ba: 1, b: 2=7D=7E=7E=7EA useful use case is returning=
 keywords instead of multiple values making the values position independe=
nt:=7E=7E=7Erubydef foo return a: 1, b: 2enda:, b: =3D fooputs a =23 =3D>=
 1puts b =23 =3D> 2=7E=7E=7E-- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/     
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<html><body><div>Joseph Jones liked your message with <a href=3D=22http:/=
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On December 1, 2015 at 08:15:01 MST, elia=40schito.me wrote:<br/><blockqu=
ote type=3D=22cite=22 style=3D=22border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px=
;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;=22>Issue =2311758 has been reported b=
y Elia Schito.<br /><br />----------------------------------------<br />=46=
eature =2311758: Add keyword assignment syntax<br />https://bugs.ruby-lan=
g.org/issues/11758<br /><br />* Author: Elia Schito<br />* Status: Open<b=
r />* Priority: Normal<br />* Assignee: <br />---------------------------=
-------------<br />I think keyword assignments would be a useful addition=
, especially since the introduction of keyword arguments<br /><br />The b=
asic example would be, and is expected to work like required keyword argu=
ments:<br /><br />=7E=7E=7Eruby<br />a:, b: =3D =7Ba: 1, b: 2=7D<br />=7E=
=7E=7E<br /><br />A useful use case is returning keywords instead of mult=
iple values making the values position independent:<br /><br />=7E=7E=7Er=
uby<br />def foo<br />  return a: 1, b: 2<br />end<br /><br />a:, b: =3D =
foo<br /><br />puts a =23 =3D> 1<br />puts b =23 =3D> 2<br />=7E=7E=7E<br=
 /><br /><br /><br />-- <br />https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/<br /></blockquo=
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