From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-05-19T02:18:49+09:00
Subject: Re: syntax sugar: treating an object like a method

On 18/05/05, Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> * klass(*args) : you alias the null method to "new" so that
> this would be equivalent ot klass.new(*args).  I tend to forget
> the ".new" more often than I'd like to admit.
> [snip]

I don't know if I like this proposal, but in any case I'd expect a syntax like:

class A
  def initialize(x)
    @x = x
  end
  
  def self.[](x)
    self.new(x)
  end
  
  def self.()(x)
    self.new(x)
  end
end

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A(12)

for it. (Note that the square brackets already work.)

best regards,

Brian

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