From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-03-28T14:26:52-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:02220] Re: parse bug in 1.5

h.fulton@att.net writes:

> Mirko Nasato wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I adore not to be forced to use parens for no-args methods, because i like
> > to think there is no real difference in meaning between getting the value
> > of a variable and calling a no-args method which returns a value, so the
> > syntax can be the same, too.
> > 
> 
> I tend to agree with you!

Absolutely - it's in line with the uniform access principle, and makes 
a big difference to readability. The standardization of accessor
methods in Ruby is a big win.


Dave