From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-07-29T21:13:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Idea for Ruby 2.0

Daniel Brockman wrote:

> As you said, it would be useful when *passing* arguments,
> and it's obviously useful in blocks.  I can see how it could
> be worthwhile to allow it in method definitions too ---
> for symmetry if nothing else.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Precisely so.

> > which could mean too much incompatability with Ruby 1.x,
> > but perhaps it's worth at least some thought?

> Even reserving just the single-underscore identifier would
> mean some incompatibility, but then you *did* put "Ruby 2.0"
> in the subject line. :-)

Yeah, still, perhaps it can be flexible enough to allow it as a valid
identifier if it is actually being used in the body of whatever's using
it...,
        nikolai

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