From: JZ <usenet@...>
Date: 2005-08-02T18:11:05+09:00
Subject: different order of parameters...

I'm trying to understand how to call methods in Ruby. Is it possible to
call parameters in different order? E.g. in Python it is very clear and
simple to use:

def fun(a=1,b=2): 
  return 'a:%s, b:%s' % (a,b)

print fun(b=10, a=20)     # a:20, b:10
print fun(b=111)          # a:1, b:111

But in similiar Ruby function I get weird results :(

def fun(a=1,b=2) 
  "a:#{a}, b:#{b}" 
end 

p fun(:b=>10, :a=>20) # "a:a20b10, b:2"
p fun(:b=>111)        # "a:b111, b:2"
p fun(b=111)          # "a:111, b:2"

Is it possible that such basic and usefull feature is not implemented in
Ruby??

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JZ