From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2001-05-05T15:40:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14705] Re: local/nonlocal block vars

"Hal E. Fulton" wrote:
> 9. Disadvantage: Break old code? Waaahhh! No,
> I don't like this part either.

I hope Ruby won't be one of those languages that start out darn near
perfect, then bend over backwards sticking its head up its rear trying
to be backward compatible with itself, ending up a far cry from
perfection. 

Given the choice, I'd rather have explicit language versioning. For
instance, deprecate the nonlocal block vars feature as it is now, and at
some time in future (Ruby 2.0?) chuck it out not looking back, and
introducing it using an alternative syntax (like suggested by Hal)

Eggs and omelettes... 'nuff said.

[...snip very good idea...]

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