From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-07-29T03:40:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Method Scopes

On 7/28/05, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to see Ruby gain a "scoping feature" (I usually refer to
> this as a "namespace", but looking at Matz' discussion of Rite he's
> using that to mean something else). This idea is this:

Um. Ew?

Sorry, but I find that whole concept ("selector namespaces", I think,
is the common name for it) code-ugly.

To me, "Wizard".format.jumble means that I'm calling the method
#format on "Wizard" and then the method #jumble on the result of
#format. To have it mean something else randomly is, to say the least,
confusing.

I'd rather something clearly ugly for this concept, e.g.:

  "Wizard".format:jumble

Or something. Better to be explicit and ugly than hidden and uglier.

-austin
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