From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2005-11-18T02:55:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Keyword arguments like grandma makes 'em

"Trans" <transfire@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm messing around with some methods trying to figure out how to offer
> all the functionality I want in a clean interface and I stumbled across
> an idea that may be better for keyword arguments.
>
> Instead of
>
>   grab 'x', :from => 'y'
>
> I really wanted to write:
>
>   grab 'x' from 'y'
>
> I think everyone would prefer such a syntax if it can be done. Since
> commas are used to deliminate arguments normally, it seems like it
> should be possible to use parameter keywords as delimeters too.

Without trying to get personal or offensive, I'd recommend you
to try to implement your ideas at first. ;-)

I'm currently designing a language that will allow for that syntax,
but it is designed with that in mind.  I don't want to imagine
the effort it would take to do above in Ruby as it stands now.

> T.
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