From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-05-08T10:13:21+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14835] Re: skipping arguments

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dennis Decker Jensen <ddj@kmd.dk>
To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>; <ruby-talk@netlab.co.jp>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 7:40 AM
Subject: [ruby-talk:14769] Re: skipping arguments


> 
> Someone asked about getting rid of commas, which sounded very
> interesting.
> I'll ask also:
> Do you need to type the commas for other reasons than conventional
> wisdom?
> 

My guess is that this would make parsing more difficult. After all, an
actual parameter can be an arbitrary expression.

Besides, we have a precedent that 
    a b c d
means the same as 
    a(b(c(d)))
which would have to change.

Hal