From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2007-05-25T13:22:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Introducing the "it" keyword

Greg Fodor wrote:
> Its hard to think of a solution to this implemented in ruby
> that fits these parameters without introducing a new
> language level construct.

I'm not opposed to the idea, but I really, really hate "it". "it" 
doesn't mean anything. "it" might as well be "that" or "him" or 
"this"...oh wait, perhaps not "this".

How about "her"? We don't have a good ratio of women involved in Ruby 
anyway, so we can feel better about ourselves then.

What about a "local global" like we have for other things ($_ and $~ for 
example?

return $RESULT if v + 1 < 10

-or-

return $result if v + 1 < 10

Although this raises a question....is it supposed to return the result 
of "v + 1" or "v + 1 < 10"?

In general I'd say introducing a keyword is the last thing that should 
be considered.

- Charlie