From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezra@...>
Date: 2005-08-05T10:06:29+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 26468-26661


On Aug 4, 2005, at 6:31 AM, David A. Black wrote:

> Hi --
>
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Takaaki Tateishi wrote:
>
>
>> [ruby-dev:26623] Ruby2.0BlockParameterNotation
>>  Sasada asked about new notation of block parameter. This issue is  
>> summarized
>>  at the following sites. Now ruby(HEAD) accepts the notation '-> 
>> (...){...}'.
>>
>
> I'm not clear on what problem or shortcoming this addresses.  Also,
> I'm concerned that this amount of multiplied punctuation is going to
> detract seriously from "clean" look of Ruby.  I know it's not just a
> matter of counting punctuation characters.  But going from {|x|} to
> ->(x){} seems like a major move in the "line noise" direction.
>
>
> David
>
> -- 
> David A. Black
> dblack@wobblini.net
>
+100
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