From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2005-08-09T03:11:09+09:00
Subject: Re: new block notation (was: Re: ruby-dev summary 26468-26661)


Florian Gro� wrote:
> Here's my proposal:
>
> * introduce lambda as a semi-keyword
> * if used as "obj.lambda" it is a method call
> * if used as "lambda (" or "lambda {" it is a keyword
> * else it is a local variable reference
>
> Where "lambda" can also be replaced with "fun", but I think using lambda
> actually makes collisions less likely to happen. (Because somebody might
> have done  def fun(a) puts a end; fun() {}  instead of  self.fun() {})

Is it not possible to use "do" in this capacity?