From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-08-10T22:43:20+09:00
Subject: Re: new block notation (was: Re: ruby-dev summary 26468-26661)

On 8/9/05, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> You could still use the brakets:

>   double = do(x){ x*2 }

> That would mean 'do' == '-> '.
>
> But if you ask me, it's all gotten pretty heinous. Why not try
> somthing a little more common sensical:

>   double(x) = { x*2 }
 
Hmm. But that doesn't allow for clean, anonymous lambdas. I see
where this is coming from, even though I don't think it's something
that I'd use that much, and though I don't think that the various
forms proposed so far are clean.

-austin
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