From: Tomoyuki Kosimizu <greentea@...2.so-net.ne.jp>
Date: 2000-03-03T03:14:07+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01695] Re: Conventions for our Ruby book

Hi,

From: Dave Thomas <Dave@thomases.com>
Subject: [ruby-talk:01694] Conventions for our Ruby book
Date: 02 Mar 2000 11:38:37 -0600

> So, we were wondering what people thought. Is the '#' notation a good
> one? Will is confuse newcomers who pick up the book? Is there any
> alternative that might be easier to read (For example, String.new, but 
> <i>String</i>.downcase)? What should we do?

Using '#' is very popular in Java community. I think no need for
alternatives.

Tomoyuki Kosimizu
greentea@fa2.so-net.ne.jp