From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-06-24T10:21:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Named/positional method args

On 6/23/07, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Jun 23, 6:09 pm, darren kirby <bulli...@badcomputer.org> wrote:
> > *Sigh*, I mean:
> >
> >   # Writes embedded images to a file
> >   #
> >   # :call-seq:
> >   #   write_picture()                       -> nil
> >   #   write_picture(:outfile=>"str")        -> nil
> >   #   write_picture(:n=>int)                 -> nil
> >   #   write_picture(:outfile=>"str", :n=>int) -> nil
> >
> > -d
>
> Bingo.
>
> But hey, as Resident Dreamer, I can't help but wonder how cool it
> might be to have highly descriptive and auto-flexible arguments:
>
>   def write_picture(n <= Integer, outfile <= String)
>     ...
>   end
>
>   write_picture("front cover", 1)
>   write_picture(1, "front cover")
>
> Sacrifice a little duck-typiness for some arg-flippiness :)

Yuck.