From: Daniel Berger Date: 2005-01-18T01:06:06+09:00 Subject: Re: Fwd: [suby-ruby] Your all time desired fundemental Ruby mod trans. (T. Onoma) wrote: > I'm taking a little poll. > > Let say you're Matz, but without any of the pressures of keeping up with a > previous version of Ruby. What one thing above all others would you like to > see differ about Ruby? > > T. I vote for using a leading underscore instead of "@" sign for instance variables. Perhaps a leading double underscore for "@@" (class variables). class Foo __var = 23 def initialize _x = 1 end end Looks a little purrrtier to me. :) Too Pythonic? Too difficult to parse? Oh, and add a Boolean class. :) Regards, Dan PS - How the heck can I force indentation when posting via Google Groups? Give me a pre tag!