From: Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@...>
Date: 2007-05-21T00:00:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Parser or Programmer? (was: Re: Why not adopt "Python Style" indentation for Ruby?)

On 5/20/07, Dick Davies <rasputnik@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/05/07, Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/20/07, Dick Davies <rasputnik@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > And you think replacing do/end with indentation would help?
> > >
> > > I really can't see how - could you give an example?
> > >
> >
> > Let's try:
> >
> > describe 'myself'
> >   it 'should be readable'
> >     lambda
> >       @reader.reading
> >     .should change
> >       @reader.knowledge
> >     .by(text.amount)
> >
> >
> > # pretty much impossible, if you ask me :)
> > # same in usual ruby now
> >
> > describe 'myself' do
> >   it 'should be readable'
> >     lambda{ @reader.reading }.
> >       should change{ @reader.knowledge }.
> >       by(text.amount)
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > # well?
>
> The only extra words there are do/end and you could replace them
> with {} if they really bothered you.
>
> If you're saying you personally don't like do/end blocks, then you're
> as entitled to that opinion as anyone else, but I don't see this as making
> DSLs any more or less comprehensible personally
>

uh, actually that was an example that i can't interpret the
indentation. I do like the idea of supporting indentation, but not
within ruby.
It's just getting into a mess with method-calls with blocks, manual
lambdas and doing methodchains like foo{bar}.duh{x} - it's not really
about the braces but about the possibility to write that code in a
different syntax at all.

If someone is brighter than me, you're welcome to propose alternatives :)

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