From: Stephen White <spwhite@...>
Date: 2001-08-01T23:54:59+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:18963] Re: Using "@" as a method name?

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Dave Thomas wrote:

> On a related note: it would be nice to be able to have the ability to
> extend the repertoire of % commands. How about having
> 
>   %c{...}
> 
> (where c is any character) invoke Kernel.build_<c>, so

This could be extended to the rest of Ruby's syntax too. Something sweet
like:

  class RubySyntax
    def build_<c>(block)
      ...
    end

    def if(test,yes,no)
      ...
    end

    def yield(block)
      ,,,
    end
  end

which would more closely approximate Smalltalk's (?) ability to create
new structures without giving up the advantages of a customised parser.

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