From: dave.burt@... Date: 2005-10-28T09:57:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Argument Passing Syntax I haven't seen that syntax error before. I don't see any reason why that shouldn't parse OK - I'd call it a bug in the parser, unless Matz says otherwise. It's interesting because it should (IMHO) be possible to pass anonymous and named parameters when calling a Proc, like so: check["6 times 9", :answer => 42] Cheers, Dave