From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-10-05T00:07:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Too Many Ways?

On Tuesday, October 5, 2004, 1:02:04 AM, trans. wrote:

> But following your preference to its logical conclusion:

>    def foo(a=nil, b=nil, &c=nil)
>      a ||= "foo"
>      b ||= "bar"
>      c ||= lambda { |x| ... }
>      ...
>    end

In that case:

  def foo(a="foo", b="bar", &c=nil)
    c ||= lambda { |x| ... }
    ...
  end

I've no problem with default values appearing in the method signature,
but overly long default values, in my style, get relegated to the method
body.

Gavin