From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-07-18T22:46:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby has ruined my Java (was Re: Ruby has ruined my C++)

On 7/18/05, tony summerfelt <snowzone5@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Kero wrote on 7/17/2005 6:05 PM:
> 
> > and in Ruby/Tk you do:
> >
> >    b = TkButton.new(nil, "text"=>"quit").pack
> >    b.command { exit }
> 
> > I fail to see what you're trying to argue here...
> 
> ease.
> 
> if the first line were:
> 
> b=TkButton.new(text=>"quit").pack

You could do:
b = TkButton.new(nil, :text => "quit").pack

I'm not sure if you can use nil there though... doesn't it need a parent?

> 
> i'd be a lot happier. i realize that tk has to be shoehorned into
> ruby's oo'ness.
> 
> ignore me. could be i'm just frustrated at trying to recreate my own
> interface (tkblog) in ruby :)
> 
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