From: jmichel@... (Jean Michel)
Date: 2001-03-09T02:40:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12288] Re: RCR: shortcut for instance variable initialization

Niklas Frykholm <r2d2@mao.acc.umu.se> wrote:
....
>If we want to add functionality to parameter assignment, I think the
>best choice is not to add magic for special cases like "@a", but instead
>go all the way and remove the differences between parameter assignment
>and ordinary assignment altoghether.
....
>This would make the language more orthogonal, but would probably
>require major changes in the implementation. Also I'm not sure
>that it is such a good idea.

Maybe that is my Cartesian (I am a French mathematician) leanings, but
I find this idea excellent. Could it be an RCR?

Best regards,
  Jean MICHEL