From: Malte Milatz <malteNOSPAM@...>
Date: 2005-03-23T19:59:53+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR 296: Destructive methods return self

Trans:
> But what is worse about multiple return values is also what can be
> frustrating about parameters: recalling the order of information. At
> some point I can't help but feel like things would be a whole lot
> easier if it were only a hash that could go into a method and only hash
> that could come out.

That's something I encounter often, too. It' especially tiresome when
trying to figure out how undocumented methods work - or when I've
forgotten in which order arguments have to be given (example:
alias_method). Though extensive use of hashes as parameters would be
terribly verbose, it would be very easy to read, because it's easier to
know what is happening - provided that the keys used have got sensible
names.

Malte