[ruby-core:78299] [Ruby trunk Feature#12963][Feedback] ?string longer than one char

Issue #12963 has been updated by Yukihiro Matsumoto.

Status changed from Open to Feedback
Assignee set to Yukihiro Matsumoto

Since ?up gives a string "up", it cannot be a replacement for :up symbol.
If someone come up with an use-case for this multi-character ? string literal, I will reinvestigate.

Matz.


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Feature #12963: ?string longer than one char
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12963#change-61661

* Author: Nobuyoshi Nakada
* Status: Feedback
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto
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Now Symbol as keyword argument is often used, but a space is required between the label and the symbol literal.

```ruby
x.round(half: :up)
```

Or using a String argument,

```ruby
x.round(half:"up")
```

Both don't feel nice to me.

How about longer string literal by `?xxx`, which is currently restricted to just one character?

```ruby
x.round(half:?up)
```

patch: https://github.com/nobu/ruby/tree/feature/q-string




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