From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-05-13T16:35:28+09:00
Subject: Re: {} vs begin/end [was Re: object loops and what they return]

David A. Black wrote:
> Hi --
>
> On Fri, 13 May 2005, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>
>> Ben Giddings wrote:
>>
>>> I've never been super fond of '=>' as a syntax for creating hashes,
>>> but I can accept it.  The point I'm trying to make is that
>>> currently it's easy to visually confuse a block and a hash.  I'd
>>> prefer if array, block and hash were all visually distinct, but I
>>> think it's much less dangerous to have arrays and hashes look
>>> similar because they are similar creatures.
>>
>> OTOH, hashes and arrays tend to be used in the same kinds of places,
>> and blocks tend to be in different places, so context helps us
>> distinguish hashes from blocks in the current syntax.
>
> Yes, and another thing that's getting lost in the mix here is the fact
> that {} and do/end are not the same as each other.  They have
> different precedence.  It's not just a whimsical TMTOWTDI thing.

I'm glad someone finally mentioned this.  I was about to write the same...
:-)

Kind regards

    robert