From: Charles Mills <cmills@...>
Date: 2004-10-21T01:42:27+09:00
Subject: argument hash

After reading the "Too many default argument values!" thread I was 
wondering why the following isn't possible:
##
def do_something(arg1, opt1, arg2, opt2)
	# ...
end

my_meth("hey", :yada => "blue", :foo => "bar", \
                   "my_spreadsheet.xls", :wkst => "sheet1", :range => 
"A1:C5")

## END

Just wondering why the above call causes a syntax error instead of 
having the same behavior as:
my_meth("hey", {:yada => "blue", :foo => "bar"}, "my_spreadsheet.xls", 
{:wkst => "sheet1", :range => "A1:C5"})

Probably too ambiguous to parse effectively.  (I get the feeling this 
has already been asked on ruby talk.)

-Charlie