From: Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>
Date: 2004-08-06T01:50:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Macros in Ruby

Ara.T.Howard wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> 
>> On Friday, August 6, 2004, 12:11:27 AM, Ara.T.Howard wrote:
>>
>>> perhaps a shorthand:
>>
>>
>>>    lambda{ puts 'lambda' } => Proc:0xb74041a0
>>>    &{ puts 'lambda too' }  => Proc:0xb74041a1
>>
>>
>>> i'm probably missing something, but i don't think the syntax '&{' occurs
>>> anywhere now and '&' is already synomynous with blocks/procs/etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you must have a shortcut, I think 'L' makes more sense.
>>
>>  L { puts 'lambda' }    => Proc:0xb74041a0
> 
> 
> 
> but 'L' is a valid identifier:
> 
>   ~ > cat a.rb
>   L = 42
>   L { puts 42 }
> 
>   ~ > ruby a.rb
>   a.rb:2: undefined method `L' for main:Object (NoMethodError)
>           from a.rb:2
> 
> problematic.

how about "fn" or "fun"? Only one character longer than "&" and IMO 
easier to read (especial for ML programmers ;-)

Regards,

   Michael