From: gwtmp01@... Date: 2007-01-19T05:41:59+09:00 Subject: Re: auto assign arguments? On Jan 18, 2007, at 3:13 PM, David Chelimsky wrote: > One thing I'd love to see in a future version of ruby is this; > > def initialize(@thing, @other) > end Well, you can get pretty close... def initialize(*a) @thing, @other = *a end You don't get method arity checking that way but... def initialize(a,b) @thing, @other = a,b end isn't too bad either. As for as official change requests see: http://rcrchive.net/ Gary Wright