From: "Eregon (Benoit Daloze)" <noreply@...>
Date: 2022-12-12T14:04:52+00:00
Subject: [ruby-dev:52021]  [Ruby master Feature#19134] ** is not allowed in def foo(...)

Issue #19134 has been updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze).


shugo (Shugo Maeda) wrote in #note-8:
> `&` is allowed in 3.1, so it's a breaking change to prohibit it.

Right and `&` is not problematic re performance, it's a completely separate argument anyway.
I agree with your proposal in your comment just above this one.


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Feature #19134: ** is not allowed in def foo(...)
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19134#change-100573

* Author: shugo (Shugo Maeda)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
* Target version: 3.2
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`*` and `&` are allowed in the body of a method with `...` argument forwarding, but `**` is not allowed.

```
def foo(...)
  bar(*) # OK
  baz(&) # OK
  quux(**) # NG
end
```

Is it intended behavior?

It seems that parse.y has code like `#ifdef RUBY3_KEYWORDS`, and if RUBY3_KEYWORDS, `**` will also be supported.




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