From: APURI Furuhashi <afuru@...>
Date: 2006-04-01T17:43:44+09:00
Subject: ruby-dev summary 28274-28600

Hi all,

This is a summary of ruby-dev ML in these days.

[ruby-dev:28246] Named Capture for Regexp

   K. Kosako proposed a new /g and /G flag for regexp,
   to refer to the result of named capture by the name to Ruby 1.9
   Meaning is as follows.
   1. When neither is specified (default), capture of the group of
   the name.
   2. /g is specified. The group of the name doesn't do capture.
   3. /G is specified. The group of the name does capture.
   The discussion keeps going.




[ruby-dev:28481] __method__ for current method

   Usa Nakamura suggested a new method __method__ to access name of
   currently executing method. The name is chosen to go with __FILE__ and
   __LINE__ but it's a method not syntax.

[ruby-dev:28533] Multi Methods

   URABE Shyouhei proposed a rough idea for multi methods (in lisp as
   generic function) for ruby
   The syntax is
    def foo( SPEC val)
   SPEC is any object which respond to "===".
   This allow multiple dispatch class based or like eql? specializer in
   lisp.

   But if ther is not a matching SPEC beetween all methods it is still
   called, for duck typing.
   Matz said he agrees and this can be committed to 1.9 if it is
   fast implementation.


-- APURI Furuhashi
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