From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2005-10-18T22:06:57+09:00
Subject: Instance and class variable assignment

I know this has been suggested before, but the only reason for rejection 
i found at the RCR archive was a dead end link...

Can someone explain to me why this shouldn't be implemented in Ruby:

   def foo(@a, @b = "foo", @@c = "bar")
     # do something
   end

   # should do the same as this
   def foo(a, b = "foo", c = "bar")
     @a  = a
     @b  = b
     @@c = c
     # do something
   end

I personally think it looks very interesting, especially since most 
initialize methods (at least most of those I write) just set instance 
and class variables.


Cheers,
Daniel